Originally Posted by
blueturtle91
so united charges $180k to get gold status? is it a permanent?
Originally Posted by
mduell
No, that would be annual spend on a United credit card.
Just to be clear: that's $180k annual spend on the credit card on anything - it doesn't have to be United airfare or anything travel related. And for the vast majority of people, they spend less than this and combine it with PQP they get from actual air travel to reach the *G qualifying threshold.