Originally Posted by
tednugent(no relation)
... Will spending $1175 on non-airline purchases (restaurants, bars, Broadway, etc.) get me 1175 PQPs?
No, you might be thinking of AA Loyality Points and AA's much higher Loyal Point threashold for status.
For UA, for credit card purchases, you get 25 PQPs for every $500 of credit card purchases. So it would take $23,500 spend to earn 1,175 PQPs