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Old Mar 4, 2021, 8:38 am
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FlyingFreeYupie
 
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Originally Posted by jsloan
Yes, the 125% is actual flight distance. And, yes, you'd get 16 PQF.

PQP is also based upon the flight distance. You can use the calculator here to compute it: https://pqp.economiles.com/

Since TAP isn't a preferred partner, you get one PQP for every 6 miles earned, or about 20.8% of the actual flying distance as PQP, capped at 1000 PQP per segment.

Good luck! I hope TAP honors the tickets.

Here's a pre-filled calculator with 15 of the 16 legs. I skipped the last AMS-LIS leg because I ran out of space: https://pqp.economiles.com/?q=IAD,LI...J|LIS,IAD,TP,J

Add that last leg in, and you're looking at 7,828 PQP total.

However, this is not enough, by itself, to earn any UA status: You also need 4 UA-operated flights. Once you add those four UA flights, you would have enough for Gold (16 PQF + 6,000 PQP) and would be close to Platinum (24 PQF + 9,000 PQP).
Thank you so much, your reply was extremely helpful. I am missing 1 UA flight to qualify, then :-)... If all reservations are honored, United Gold Status shouldn't be an issue. Are they extending statuses all the way to 2023?
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