Originally Posted by
derpelikan
so i dont have to fly united, just need the tickets issued by united?
thats amazing as I was already looking how to get that 4 tickets, as I was not planning to fly to the us this year.
Two separate issues being discussed here.
You must fly a minimum of four flight segments on United metal (any ticket stock) to earn any level of Premier status.
Separately, it sounds like you often purchase very expensive tickets. Flights on non-United metal will only earn based on the ticket price if they are
United-issued (016) tickets. Otherwise, non-016 tickets on non-UA metal will credit by distance instead, using the rates and per-segment caps in the wiki of this thread:
Earning Status (PQP) on non-016 Tickets and Partner Metal. For example, LH D class on a 220 ticket would earn 40% of the distance flown with a maximum of 1,500 PQP per segment.
For expensive fares, your earnings will be vastly higher if plating the tickets on 016 stock.