Originally Posted by
jnb_tx
from all the anecdotes on FT and various other sites, it looks like invitations especially for first-timers have to wait until december/january. i just crossed $76k PQD for the year and an early invite would certainly help with my carrier and route choices for the rest of the year.
any harm in asking (email or phone?) or should I just be patient and let the chips fall where they may?
appreciate any helpful comments.
You should definitely try. I'm in almost the exact spot as you - about to hit 75k in spend (~73k of which is on UA metal) and wishing I would get an early invite given that it's only April...
I did email 1K team asking about it and they granted me a GS review (I wasn't even asking for a review, just whether they did mid-year qualification) - they declined me for this year (I was around 53k in spend at the time with another 20k booked but not flown yet) but said they'll of course assess in the normal end of year qualification for 2020. Not sure if waiting until current spend would have helped or if it was a no go based on historical spend.
Seems no harm in asking so hopefully your results are different! They respond pretty fast and post the response to your mystatus.united.com page.