Originally Posted by
hellolaurent
United just
announced updates to the qualification thresholds for Premier status in 2025, along with 'big upgrade' to PlusPoints.
What do we think of this announcement? Expecting a devaluation to PlusPoints (increased cost to redeem upgrades) or are we confident the big upgrade will only make them better.
I don't think any big change to PlusPoint redemption (beyond what we've seen with decreasing upgrade availability),but believe this is to address a long standing ask for "something else" to spend PlusPoints on instead of them just expiring to nothing.
Other big thing, is increased qualification earning with the cobrand credit cards, and higher caps.
PQP earn: PQP earn frequency will increase to
1 PQP earned per $20 spent on all eligible cards* except United ClubSM Infinite Card and United ClubSM Business Card which will increase to
1 PQP earned per $15 spent.
- PQP caps: The maximum amount of PQP that can be earned on card spend will increase over current amounts for the following cards:
- United ClubSM Infinite Card cap increasing from 10,000 PQP to 15,000 PQP
- United ClubSM Business Card cap increasing from 1,000 PQP to 15,000 PQP
- United QuestSM Card cap increasing from 6,000 PQP to 9,000 PQP