"Also - are all UA matches now really challenges in disguise? I dont mind it being a challenge, but being given 2 months, especially over t-giving and xmas holidays, is a real steep expectation!"

I also email united in mid-october regarding a status match and they replied the time frame would only last until December 31st, 2007. At the time I thought this was strange since almost everybody on ft for almost every airline find challenges last 3 months (90 days). Does anyone know if they are ending status match challenges on dec. 31st of this year? Is that why united is not giving a full 3 months for the challenge (it seems kinda of silly, especially for prem exec)?

I'm going to wait until november to see if they give a status match until jan. 31st, 2008. I'm hoping they only start challenges at the beginning of the month, which is why the deadline for all october challenges is dec. 30. Any help would be appreciated.