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Feb 7, 2025 | 7:50 am

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blueturtle91

Join Date: Jan 2025

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Originally Posted by paperwastage

You want to buy *G?

Star Alliance launches its own credit card.

Australia has a credit card that offers it. $4k spend first year, $60k annual spend

Otherwise, deposit $25k into united passplus flex, and get gold status. $25k can be used to buy flights on United for 1 year.

United (UA) Pass Plus Secure/ Flex -- Benefits, Value, Questions .... [Consolidated]

If you don't fly often enough, what's the point of the status?

I just want to have a Star Alliance lounge access and access to Star Alliance airlines lounges

so, you have to pay $25k to get the gold status? is it a permanent?

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

UA does not outright sell status, but you can achieve with a lot of credit card activity. At a minimum UA status requires 4 actual UA operated flights of any length. If you wanted to use credit card PQPs alone to achieve the 12,000 PQPs for Premier Gold/*G. you would have to charge $180K on the United Club Infinite Card. How do you plan to use *G status? Do you plan any flying other than the 4 required UA operated flights?

so united charges $180k to get gold status? is it a permanent?

I just wanna get gold status because of the lounge access. that's it and maybe some free upgrades?

Guys, I did research the easiest way to get SA gold is through Asiana. Is it true? I can just fly Gimpo to Jeju for 50x times instead of spending crazy amount of $?

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/travel/star-alliance-gold#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20accessible,Di amond%20status%20for%20two%20years.

Last edited by blueturtle91; Feb 7, 2025 at 7:57 am

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