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drdomore Aug 7, 2011 2:33 pm
System Wide Upgrade question
 
Today I hit 82k EQMs for 2011 and became CO Platinum Elite for the first time. Yay!!! I was a Gold Elite last year. My question is about SWU as on my account at Onepass.com the horizontal bar shows I have completed 25% towards SWU award. Should this not be 82% as my understanding is I need 100k EQM for SWU? Is it worth it to do some mileage run towards the end of the year to get these SWU? Do I need another 18k EQMs or more ( this is related to my earlier question). I looked at CO FAQs which says need 100k EQMs...

Second, can I use the SWU on an international Lfthansa flight, which is partner with United?

IAHRyan Aug 7, 2011 2:42 pm
That progress bar is based on the 75k->100k jump. Confused me too the first time I saw it but I suppose it makes sense since it doesn’t appear until you hit 75k.

drdomore Aug 7, 2011 2:49 pm
Originally Posted by IAHRyan (Post 16876654)
That progress bar is based on the 75k->100k jump. Confused me too the first time I saw it but I suppose it makes sense since it doesn’t appear until you hit 75k.
Aha! That makes so much sense now! Thank you IAHRyan

Is a SWU worth doing a mileage run for? Whats been your experience? Obviously this is the first time I am even eligible for it...

WineCountryUA Aug 7, 2011 3:11 pm
Originally Posted by drdomore (Post 16876694)
...Is a SWU worth doing a mileage run for? Whats been your experience? Obviously this is the first time I am even eligible for it...
It is actually 6 SWUs. Worth it? Do you travel internationally or BF to Hawaii enough to use 6 SWUs (instead of miles+copay)?
and BTW, you will get 2 more CR1s (above the 2 you recieved for 75K EQMs).

drdomore Aug 7, 2011 4:16 pm
Originally Posted by WineCountryUA (Post 16876795)
It is actually 6 SWUs. Worth it? Do you travel internationally or BF to Hawaii enough to use 6 SWUs (instead of miles+copay)?
and BTW, you will get 2 more CR1s (above the 2 you recieved for 75K EQMs).
Agreed, it does def seem worth it!

What is CR1? I did not get any at hitting 75k EQM? How do I find them?

WineCountryUA Aug 7, 2011 5:39 pm
Originally Posted by drdomore (Post 16877064)
....What is CR1? I did not get any at hitting 75k EQM? How do I find them?
CR1s / Regional upgrades are like SWUs but applicable to a subset of flights. For UA it was North American/Hawaii -- CO is similar includes some other geographies and excludes BF to Hawaii. See Regional Upgrades


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