Originally Posted by
ronocnikral
So, my main trade routes are just barely over 500 base miles. At 50,000 miles needed, I'm roughly 22,000 miles short, I'll need about 8 Round trips in F (which isn't usually sold on my lil' regional jet). With 10-11 weeks left in the year, I won't take that many trips.
so why does gold matter? 2 free 70lb bags? free same day change flexibility? pqd multiplier? are you savy with award points and like whatever perks golds have left for mileage plus awards? marriott gold match (which is pretty damn valuable imo)?
can't use lounge domestic (not that you're missing anything), you're zone 2 anyways, you're on an rj and row 1 sucks, cpu is pointless unless you have a crew that can pour moscow mules down your beer bong.
maybe you should split silver between 2 different alliances so you get something from each. i think a ua club membership is extremely stupid, just expense meals at airport restaurants.