Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
How does one come to that conclusions without knowing the USA destination?
OP had stated originally that he didn’t intend to travel to the US this year, which was the cause for the back-and-forth on the four UA segment requirement. While I suppose OP could be planning a bunch of trips from Europe to Cebu, it’s difficult to think of a lot of other non-US destinations that would allow someone to get a 016 ticket when starting in Europe, as UA has mostly stopped offering them for sale even when the operating airline doesn’t impose a plating restriction.