Originally Posted by flysurfer
If you only want the SWUs and really fly 50k BIS a year in F on UA metal, just get yourself the UA 1K elite prepaid travel card for $20k. You can pay down your UA flights with this card, you'll immediately get the 1K status and 6 SWUs, but you'll still earn full 300/350% M&M miles for all your *A flights in F, no matter which carrier.
I was wondering if one could use this way to have status in Star Alliance but still travel as one likes.
Can you only pay UA flights with this, or also use it for other airlines from STar alliance?