Originally Posted by
Beltway2A
As
Arsene Wenger pointed out, one way to achieve this is using a free United account. If you don't fly with United, you can also use a free Delta account (this is my approach). No coupon codes or other trickery requires, and the price to renew only decreases if you achieve status in a given year.
Thanks! It totally slipped my mind that you can link DL or UA. I linked it to UA so hope that'll do the trick. Appreciate it.