I'm new here as well and I'm glad to have found this forum!

Premier Fast Track is very tempting for me because I have big trip coming up in a few weeks to HKG and it will definitely get me to Premier. However, I am not sure at this point whether I will be traveling in '06 to enjoy the status.

A side question for the experts:
I was actually a Premier many years ago when I was a kid. I flew over 25,000 miles with UA in '93, didn't do any traveling in '94, but was with UA again in July '95 and I clearly remember having Premier status in '95 because I got a complimentary upgrade to Business Class (or Connoisseur Class at that time) and the Premier bonus miles. So my Premier status went way beyond Feb. '95.

Does anyone know why I was still a Premier in '95 even though I didn't fly over 25,000 miles in '94? This was over 10 years ago, so maybe the rules have changed?