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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by alliance
. . . however you can just buy that for $299/yr and then continue crediting everything to US - which would be better to do than give up top-tier on US. . .
Are you sure about this? I've read that this is not possible -- that what gets you E+ seats in their system is the purchased upgrade to your UA MP status and that once you put in your US number, it no longer recognizes the status you bought, putting you in E-.

Has anyone done this successfully?
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