Originally Posted by eightblack

Firstly, welcome to FT.

I think you meant to say that you are at 63K PQP (not PQM). Of the total, how much was actual flying on UA metal only - you need to deduct any codeshares, deduct Chase card spend and deduct the starter PQP that we all earned at the start of the year. While I am only a lowly 1K, I cant fault the program. It works for me. My total PQP for 2023 is approx 75K, but when I deduct all the fluff, my net PQP is around 56K. You'll drive yourself crazy trying to work out the qualification criteria. If I qualify in 2024, then good, I'll get to parade around the kitchen in my underwear yelling "Its good to be the King!"

If I don't, I still intend to parade around but I'll simply yell out "I nearly was the King!"

I'm thankful that I fly out of a UA hub, thankful that the lounges are truly excellent, the routes and options to Australia are better than QF and that the food and wine have gone from "only eat and drink if you need a good colon cleanse" to being semi edible and almost drinkable.