I'm dumping the remaining flights I have with UA for the year and will get Platinum for 2020. I got a status match to Platinum with AA and will build on that in 2020 for the 2021 program year. I think I can get to Platinum Executive with AA. UA's product and services are nowhere near good enough to justify this amount of spend!!!!

Done with United. I've been a loyal flier with them for nearly 15 years (most of my professional life) and have been a 1K for over a decade now. I simply can't justify spending $18,000 to remain a 1K - to what purpose? No real benefit enhancement at all. Doubt upgrades will get easier since they continue to overly monetize upgrades. GPUs - useless now. And the major devaluation of MileagePlus is also a major detractor.

I know things aren't perfect at AA BUT since they are in a tough spot I think things can only get better. Hopefully they won't jump on the UA bandwagon. I suspect they and Delta will wait to see if they gain some UA fliers disaffected by these changes.