Originally Posted by
lmbroz
We are currently Silver Preferred on USAirways (and will be next year as well). We are moving in the spring and want to switch to United. I just want to clarify that I understand things that I have read in this thread..
I need to email United regarding doing a challenge. We will need to fly 6,250 miles on United within 90 days. We will have premiere status on United while doing the challenge. Is this all correct? What happens if we fly enough miles to qualify for the next level during the challenge (I think it would be 12,500)? Would we get upgraded to the next level or would we still have the Silver Preferred equivalent level?
How long does it usually take United to give you the status? We will be doing two round trips between PIT and SEA in Feb and March, which will be more than enough miles. I don't want to do it to early and miss the deadline to earn miles, but I don't want to wait to long either.
Neither my husband or I have United accounts now. Should we open these before asking for the challenge? All flying we have done on United in the past we have just earned USAirways miles for.
Thanks for the help!
Hi
lmbroz,
I think it may be difficult to match US Airways Silver to United given that they are both partner carriers in the Star Alliance. Basically they don't want to "steal" customers from each other. But you may be able to convince them, not sure.
Now, provided you are able to get it, your Mileage Plus accounts (which you and your husband must sign up for and include the account numbers in the email) will immediately get upgraded to the new status and remain for 90 days. You need to fly 6250 miles within that period to keep the Premier status beyond the initial 90 days "challenge" period. And if they upgrade you to Premier (which is the likeliest from the lowest-level tier of another airline, e.g Silver), I doubt you'll be able to go to the next level (Premier Executive) by completeing 12,500 miles because you simply would not be signed up for that challenge. If you can convince them to match you and sign you up for their Premier Executive challenge, then that's a different story.
Hope this helps and Good Luck!
Regards,
Angeleno228