Originally Posted by
k_den
+1 on buying personal tix in eco. I earn 600k+ points for year, if they expect me to pay personal dollars for personal travel, then dont make the perks include upgradable economy awards. It’s a bit of a double edge sword here. I still dont think it’s as bad as 360 quals (I had a friend with 175k spend and no invite) but personally I’m not interested in forking over my life savings or selling out my employer for first preference in meal choices and short hold times.
Yeah I have generally paid for my own and used the miles for the fam but seeing the chaos this year will make me more likely to use miles for mine. I just hit million miler and have a tough time seeing myself getting to 2 so LQMs aren’t much good. You also get some PQPs for the award tickets now - no spend of course but if GS is somewhere between hopeless and a crapshoot then who cares.