Originally Posted by
JimInOhio
There are plenty of Platinum and maybe even some Gold status peeps who have higher annual spends than some 1K's. Are they less important to UA? They certainly aren't less important when they actually buy an F ticket.
When it comes to meals - the answer would be yes. They'd rather try to please GS and 1K (pleasing the many) more than the edge cases of fliers who have Plat with no status and have the spend requirement but not the BIS miles (pleasing the few).