Originally Posted by neatbrian
I faxed my comp request to United (moving from Delta) at 8pm. 10am the following morning I had Premiere Exec status.
Impressive turn-around!!
Well, mine took them 24 hours but I now have Premier Executive. This is so cool. Finally, I am StarAlliance Gold without flying 50K Miles on them....

It will be useful to use their lounges in Asia where SkyTeam costs more or does not have economic route to fly.