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Old Sep 7, 2021 | 4:22 pm
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mpiotrow
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According to the BoB Ts&Cs above:
  • A Trip does not need to be completed prior to the end of the Promotion Period to qualify, but a United or United Express flight segment must be completed within the Promotion Period for the Trip to be eligible.
I assume, therefore, that if I were to start a TATL trip (all UA flights) on Nov 30, that it would count as a 'trip' for the BoB, right? The itinerary will include at least one domestic segment on Nov 30, and it will be completed that day, but the TATL flight will not be completed until Dec 1 (due to difference in time). I'm assuming, though, that the domestic segment will be sufficient. Am I reading that right? Is there any other section of the Ts&Cs that I'm missing that means it won't qualify as a BoB trip?

Here's my whole situation...
  • As of July 27, I was about 4800PQP from requalifying for Platinum.
  • I booked a flight not long after that for a TATL F trip that gave me about 2500PQP on the outbound on Aug 14. I happened to login to my UA account a few days after that, and saw that it then showed that I was Platinum again (because of the FttF bonus, seeing as I'd spent more than 2000PQP during the promotion period).
  • I then flew home (the return leg of the same trip) on Aug 28, which earned another 2500PQP. So, at this point, I had reached the Platinum 10K PQP requirement, and therefore requalified 'naturally'.
  • I would think that because I requalified naturally, I should be automatically switched over to the BoB side of the promotion, correct? So, my trip in August should count as 1 trip toward the BoB bonus (meaning I should get the 1st trip bonus of 1000 PQP for that trip).
  • I am planning to use award miles to fly somewhere for trip 2 (meaning I should get the 2nd trip bonus of 250 PQP for that trip).
  • I will then be flying again in the trip I mentioned above, and that first domestic segment on Nov 30 will count toward trip 3 (meaning I should get the 3rd trip bonus of 250 PQP for that trip).
Does that all sound correct? I've got a spreadsheet made so I can track my PQP, but it's just frustrating that UA hasn't updated anything in my account for the BoB, so I just want to make sure I'm on the right track!
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