Originally Posted by Lux Flyer

I'll wait to reserve judgement how out of touch the 24k figure is or is not until the actual changes are fully announced. It sounds like there will be boosts for already holding status in addition to more things counting for PQPs, which could make that 24k number more reasonable to hit.

For comparison, without any further information, on a pure spend level, that number isn't too much out of line with AA depending where you're starting from.

AA if you're starting from nothing appears to take around 27000 in spend to reach EP, whereas if you're starting from EP takes approximately 18,000. Depending how UA implements the 24k requirement could very well be in line with what AA has for their top tier status.