I touched on this a bit in the 'Mileage Run' forum, but I feel my question is more appropriate for this forum.

At the end of 2001 I had reached 24,985 status miles (but I had no status for this period), and signed up for the $25 extension offer.

On the 4th of Jan I took a NH flight from HKG-NRT and on the 5th from NRT-JFK. The miles have posted to my account for these sectors but my status is still shown as 'General Member'. When I called the MP Service Center they told me that my status will only change on the 31st of March, when the Elite Extension offer promotion ends.

The UAL Website says : "Elite status earned through this promotion will be effective within 1-2 weeks of completion of required qualifying travel. New membership credentials will be mailed within 2-4 weeks of the effective date of earning your status."

I am now planning on taking a HKG & SIN Run/Work/Pleasure trip in Feb which will earn me 21K status miles, and bring my balance for the first two months of this year to 27K status miles. If combined with my last years miles this brings me up to 53+K status miles, and therefore should bring me to 1P in time for the end of the promotion.

What the website doesn't mention however, is if I can make 1P (from 'General Member' through the promotion) or if I'm limited to only being promoted to the next status (2P).

Thanks in advance for any advice!