Originally Posted by
tcdtcd
So, they want you to pay approx $550 more than it would have cost you to actually pay/fly with them to achieve 1K?
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Yeah - if you think about it, some would not try to meet the PQP thresholds if they knew they could, in effect, buy the remaining PQPs for less than what the remaining PQPs would be in ticket purchases.
Example; Flyer has 8500 PQPs and needs 500 for 1K. UA doesn't have much incentive to sell a status up for $400 (FF effectively gets 1K for $8900), but does at $600 (effectively 1K for 9100 PQPs - a $100 penalty for not making in the allocated time) .