Originally Posted by
wenstinator
Does anyone know if UA will give out 1K if you spend enough but fall short on the PQM? I'm likely to hit over $30,000 in spend but will fall short of 100k miles. Any anecdotes of them awarding status based on PQDs only (aside from GS, of course)? Or is $30,000 not actually that much spend and they probably have lots of Platinums spending that much each year?
Can't find specifics, but there have been many anecdotal instances of Gold being granted for 12,000+ PQD without the miles. Haven't heard as much for higher status. I would imagine that at double the PQD you are probably in a very small group and might get lucky.