Originally Posted by
elitelite
.... If you've got a big trip upcoming I'd recommend the book-and-cancel Premier Accelerator idea.
Generally for the minmiual amount of PQPs, the cheaper and shorter the trip, the better, such as a short, cheap, OW dummy booking.
However, UA does look at your earnings (and future trips?) and for higher elites tend to have minimal accelerator limits (500?).
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Consolidated Award / Premier Accelerator questions and its wiki.