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Old May 14, 2019 | 4:05 pm
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inputfail Welcome to FT
Originally Posted by inputfail
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I have been a member of United MileagePlus for about 9 years now, but just emptied my mileage balance redeeming award tickets. Just as I started more regularly hitting 25k miles flown in a year they added the PQD spending requirement which I usually don't hit. So before I start earning miles again on revenue flights I wanted to check if there's a better option for me in terms of being able to get Star Alliance status. I am also worried about United switching to the dynamic award pricing as I rely on using my miles for long-haul international during peak period travel (mainly when I visit family in India during school holidays)
A recent thread that may be of interest--->Which program to credit to? *A

FF miles are not equal to earn or burn, but many credit cards transfer to different ffp's at the same rate.
Same ffp's have carrier imposed surcharges (=100% airline profit) for awards
Almost all frequent flyer programs are morphing into frequent spender programs.

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