Originally Posted by
limey1K
I will finish the year at about $130K PQP, all UA metal. I’ll have 1200 or so PP. I am conditioned to applying those PP to friends and family and them rarely clearing. UA has groomed me to be appreciative of whatever upside I see above and beyond those PP expiring.
Why aren't you flying other carriers in addition to UA? Once it got so difficult to use PPs, I decided to start buying premium cabins on the cheapest carrier with the best routing (i.e. minimum total transit time). Sometimes that works out to be UA but most of the time it's someone else. Also, since I can UG on DL relatively easily on domestic flights, they are getting 90% of my domestic business. I still find it extremely difficult to use my miles on UA and end up giving them away to friends/family who are OK with flying in international Y. IRROPS handling on the other carriers is not much different as a premium cabin flyer than as a 1K on UA (but UA has gone way downhill in that department since COVID).