Originally Posted by arj-lax
I'm a premier exec and when boarding a flight in LAX this Sunday, when the person made the announcement for Global service members, I stepped up and was told that I'm not a Global Services member.
WHAT IS GLOBAL SERVICES? Is anyone a global services member?
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arj-lax.
I am a UGS member. UGS is not a status that is earned by flying a lot of miles. UGS is not a Mileage Plus level. UGS is a United Airlines invitation-only level to reward the top tier revenue generators of UAL. There is no specific formula, certainly no published formulas, that can specify how to gain invitation.
I would suggest for those wishing to become UGS, and get their own special Black card, spend a lot of $$$ for flights making a lot of flights. I used to average between 30 and 40 domestic flights annually with at least half of those legs at B fares or higher. My mileage yield was always in the upper 30 cent/mile range (38 cents) or more (low 50 cent/mile) when I was invited to UGS. If a M+ member does not come close to this benchmark (as well as others listed in prior threads) they can forget about invitation.
I have been told that the UGS membership was about 18,000 for 2005. I have no idea what it is this year. However, next year, I will no longer be UGS so maybe someone here on FT will gain my invitation.