Will CO EQMs count for UA 1K status?
Jul 13, 2011 | 9:32 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: DC
Programs: AA EXP; UAMM
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Will CO EQMs count for UA 1K status?
I'm thinking of buying a TK ticket. The fare gives me 1.5 x EQMs on CO but only 1 x EQMs on UA.
I've linked my CO and UA accounts.
Will the TK-based EQMs credited to my CO account count toward my 1K status for next year?
I've linked my CO and UA accounts.
Will the TK-based EQMs credited to my CO account count toward my 1K status for next year?
Jul 13, 2011 | 9:54 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
Since both program eqm totals will be merged at the end of the year... yes, it will count. Take advantage of that loop hole while it still exists!
Jul 13, 2011 | 9:58 am
#3
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Other than UA flights and some fares on short US metal it is nearly always best to credit non-UA metal flights to a linked CO account at this time.
Jul 13, 2011 | 11:28 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: UA-1K, Hertz-Gold, Marriott-Gold, PC-Platinum, SPG
Posts: 2,777
Yes! Been there, done that. Was accounted for crossing my 75K threadhold for the two CR1's immediately.
Jul 13, 2011 | 12:00 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 196
Yes, if you link accounts that will work now, otherwise it will be done at the end of the year or sometime.
I have done that with a few SQ flights and it has worked wonders
If only I had done it for the first SQ flight this year and I would have an extra 8k eqm 
I have done that with a few SQ flights and it has worked wonders
If only I had done it for the first SQ flight this year and I would have an extra 8k eqm
Jul 14, 2011 | 10:03 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2007
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In addition to non-UA flights, I have also been crediting UA flights that earn a class of service EQM bonus (i.e., paid domestic F and paid C) to CO, as the extra EQMs will also count to CO lifetime. The assumption, of course, is that the respective lifetime numbers will just be combined without any retro calculations to harmonize actual earnings (which sounds like it'd be more trouble than it's worth).
Jul 15, 2011 | 7:43 am
#7
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Newark
Programs: UA-GS - MM, Hilton-Diamond,SPG-Gold,National-Ex. Elite, Hyatt -Plat.
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Along the same vein, I have a TPac flight coming up that uses ANA on one of the legs. The flight is tied to my CO account so I get 2.5 EQM's but does the revenue from that leg also get credited toward 2012 GS status?
Jul 15, 2011 | 8:15 am
#8
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Are you sure you found a fare that earns 250% EQMs? The earning charts max out at 150% from what I'm seeing.
Jul 15, 2011 | 8:54 am
#9
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Newark
Programs: UA-GS - MM, Hilton-Diamond,SPG-Gold,National-Ex. Elite, Hyatt -Plat.
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Only UA & CO metal counts towards GS status.
Are you sure you found a fare that earns 250% EQMs? The earning charts max out at 150% from what I'm seeing.
Are you sure you found a fare that earns 250% EQMs? The earning charts max out at 150% from what I'm seeing.