Originally Posted by
above4
I live outside the USA and am a citizen of my residing country. As a result, to date, I have not had any PQD minimums to meet with United Airlines in order to qualify for their various levels of frequent flier status. I only needed to fulfill the mileage requirement. That will change next year. Are there any airlines in the USA, or elsewhere, who do not impose a PQD minimum in order to obtain status and reach levels in their frequent flier program? I am tired of United always taking things away year after year, I want to switch. I fly 100,000 miles a year or more every year.
I'd start with researching what your typical travel patterns and fare buckets would earn with different programs. After all, if you switched to a program with worse RDM and/or EQM (or similar) earning you could be no better off potentially. This is a good starting point but of course look at current program info as well:
https://www.wheretocredit.com/