Originally Posted by anc-ord772

1. I would ask for a match now. If they say yes it should be good through 02/09

The problem with doing this is that they may tell him that he has until the end of the year to complete his challenge. The best course of action, imo, is for the OP to call Mileage Plus directly in Rapid City, SD in order to clarify/confirm the parameters of the challenge. Do a search for "Rapid City" and you should find the number in a thread i started a while back.

2. Hard to say, but it certainly seems UA is moving more towards a fly x miles in y amount of time. I do not believe matches no longer exist at this point.

That was certainly the case in 2007. [

3. UA is not at a point where the challenges are spelled out like AA. Some seem to get different threshold/time levels to complete Premier and sometimes Premier Exec.

The only "different threshold" I've heard of was through the end of the year less than 90 days out. Ie, it's typically 90 days, but if you were to have called on 11/1/07, they would have told you that you have through 12/31 in order to complete the challenge. Again, not sure that's actually true, so call the MP service center in Rapid City to confirm.

4. There is no challenge for 1k, never was.

There was a buyup program, however (although not offered this year), so that may be what he is thinking of

5. Word on the street is that it is only UA/UX to qualify, but again, it depends on the individual information you will receive from UA.

6. Check the UA sticky or use search in the UA forum.