Originally Posted by
jp12687
I emailed united about GS
"Currently The Global Services membership is still by invitation only. Internal parameters may be adjusted in response to the challenges faced by everyone within the program. Please be patient as this ever-changing process reveals itself. If something changes we will expedite our information to you. Thank you for the loyalty you've shown Global Services. We look forward to an opportunity to welcome you onboard again soon."
Aside from nominated GS status (corporate accounts, travel deciders, VIPs, 4MMs, companions - those who don’t earn it via $50K+ in-year spend), it will be interesting to see whether UA leaves the qualification requirements relatively intact for those who earn their GS status with their spend. UA will be desperate for this subsegment’s patronage like never before so why send them a signal to take their business elsewhere? Many of these fliers spend closer to $100K than $50K in a normal year. They choose flights based on schedule and are not price sensitive nor driven by luxury, which fits UA’s proposition to a T.