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Old Jan 3, 2025 | 10:51 am
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kirkwoodj
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Originally Posted by mfirst
Towards the end of 2024 (as some of you know from my previous posts), it was clear that I was going to miss 1K by a few segments and/or a few thousand dollars - so, since there was not a reasonable option for an addition $4k in spend in December, I started changing my flights from 2 PQF trips (each way) to 3 PQF....instead of CLE-DEN-OGG, I changed to CLE-IAD-SFO-OGG (surprisingly, got a bunch of CPU's on that!).... and now, I am adding extra segments if I am not in a real rush to get somewhere and I can rationalize in my own mind that it is giving me more options as I fight to status again,.....is this really what we (and UA) have in mind for their program?
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