Originally Posted by
lowfareair
I think it is the other way around - UA's price is extremely high. Assuming you retained Plat and just made it over the PQP threshold, they want twice the price of just buying/flying enough plane tickets to get to 1K for you to get nothing more than a bump to 1K (no miles, no flights, etc. as part of the $10k)
There was no "retaining" -- everyone's status was extended for free. This is just my status earned in 2019 that's been extended through covid.
In fairness my AA status was extended with $15k in CC spend so it's not that different.