Originally Posted by
cfischer
It better goes back to $24k!
Not without the full return of TPAC OPM it wont.....
Originally Posted by
VegasGambler
I will go out on a limb and say that very, very, very few people spend the amount of money required for 1K status without significant OPM spend. You have to be pretty wealthy to spend that kind of cash on leisure travel per person.
UA seems to have gone all-in to woo the business traveler, at the expense of the leisure traveler.
My wife and I are both 1Ks without any OPM flying, and I dont think we are "wealthy", just have lots of spare time and take advantage of generous partner and bulk premium cabin PQP
But if we were to have to spend $48k in airfare (USD, pre tax), it sure wouldnt be on United, there are literally dozens of better airlines out there.
But I fully agree with you, United bet the house on OPM before the pandemic, firing all non-OPM elites (especially 1Ks). And it seems like they are stubbornly hanging on to that strategy by extending these upgrades
Not that PP are much use today anyway - but thats another thread.