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Originally Posted by webmedics
(Post 30552067)
Last minute decision to try and make it from Gold to Platinum.
I spent $2,200 buying United Airlines Award Accelerator and PQM's to make the 50,000 mile mark. Instead of being an idiot like that again, I'd like to make use of my Visa to China and fly 25,000 more miles. I'll circumnavigate the globe if anyone has a grand plan !! Departure Airport: DEN Miles Needed: 25,000 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): No required spend, no idea on budget Available Travel Dates: 12/19 to 12/23 (except 12/24 & 12/25) 12/26 to 12/31 Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: United (UA) Route(s) You've Already Searched: DEN - PEK on Google flights Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? YES !!! Personally I don't think the difference between gold and plat is worth anything! |
Gold to Platinum PQM
Departure Airport: EWR or LGA
Miles Needed: 7,637 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): $500 (trying to hit PQM from gold to platinum without paying $600 for PQM miles on accelerator) Available Travel Dates: 12/29 or 12/30 Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA Route(s) You've Already Searched: EWR -LAX, EWR-SFO Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No |
Gold to Platinum
Originally Posted by Kleinnaf
(Post 30552221)
Try SYD, I believe that will get you 19k
Personally I don't think the difference between gold and plat is worth anything! To get the ORD-SYD deal, you will need a positioning flight using miles or another airline (at least one-way by using the same-day change from IAH-ORD to IAH-DEN-ORD and getting off at DEN on return). Good luck. https://www.google.ca/flights#flt=OR...53*2.USD.71153 |
Originally Posted by nycoffee
(Post 30552522)
Departure Airport: EWR or LGA
Miles Needed: 7,637 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): $500 (trying to hit PQM from gold to platinum without paying $600 for PQM miles on accelerator) Available Travel Dates: 12/29 or 12/30 Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA Route(s) You've Already Searched: EWR -LAX, EWR-SFO Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No |
Originally Posted by Madone59
(Post 30552742)
Welcome to FT NYCoffee ^ That many miles for a budget is a stretch this time of year. Even if there was a $450 or $500 MR out there you'd only be "saving" $100 or so; I'd just pay the $600 and be done.
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LGA-IAH-EWR-BQN and back for $661 and 8800 PQM
Originally Posted by nycoffee
(Post 30552522)
Departure Airport: EWR or LGA
Miles Needed: 7,637 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): $500 (trying to hit PQM from gold to platinum without paying $600 for PQM miles on accelerator) Available Travel Dates: 12/29 or 12/30 Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA Route(s) You've Already Searched: EWR -LAX, EWR-SFO Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No |
Originally Posted by Kleinnaf
(Post 30551540)
See my post above same flight just buy the 4k option, will cost less than $500 and you don't have to leave home. Remember for the $500 you'd get 6 GPUs which is more than worth it, not sure about you but I use GPUs all the time and would not pass up on such an opportunity.
Once you purchased the extra miles you can cancel the flight right away. |
Originally Posted by anandrag
(Post 30552760)
can do the (now infamous) BQN run. Yields 8.8k and should be available under $500
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Originally Posted by kcip
(Post 30553472)
Thanks. It took a few tries to figure out how to find the accelerator option, but that appears to be a good choice. Once I make a booking and buy the accelerator miles, can I just cancel the booking online?
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Close to UA Platinum
Looking to get to UA Platinum, but SAN isn't the easiest airport to fly in and out of, and the premier accelerator just jumped 3x on me overnight.
Departure Airport: SAN Miles Needed: 2,776 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): $500 (max budget) Available Travel Dates: December 26-29 (prefer to do a day trip) Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Yes Route(s) You've Already Searched: SAN to many places through the midwest Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No |
Hi everyone.
I will appreciate if you can help me finding out options to earn 13,000 PQM before the end of the year to maintain my UA status. Departure Airport: MEX / IAH Miles Needed: UA 13,000 PQM Required Spend or Budget: <900 or less possible Available Travel Dates: rest of December Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal Route(s) You've Already Searched: MEX-EWR-Europe/Asia/South America… Thank you for your help! |
UA:$490 SAN-ORD rt 3951PQM
Originally Posted by toddlok
(Post 30554023)
Looking to get to UA Platinum, but SAN isn't the easiest airport to fly in and out of, and the premier accelerator just jumped 3x on me overnight.
Departure Airport: SAN Miles Needed: 2,776 Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): $500 (max budget) Available Travel Dates: December 26-29 (prefer to do a day trip) Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Yes Route(s) You've Already Searched: SAN to many places through the midwest Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No UA:$490 SAN-ORD 3951PQM Sat 29 Dec UA2094 SAN-IAH 0805-1308 UA1899 IAH-ORD 1420-1653 UA651 ORD-SAN 1950-2213 Link: https://goo.gl/flights/Qhx1a SAN-BZN is $350, but unfortunately 100 miles short. Ugh! UPDATE: Same price, less flying: UA:$490 SAN-IAH 3018PQM Sat 29 Dec UA1593 SAN-IAH 1209-1715 UA2076 IAH-DEN 1941-2111 UA2416 DEN-SAN 2207-2328 Link: https://goo.gl/flights/ojp76 UPDATE #2 : Glad I kept looking, found a cheaper one. Various flight options, similar prices on multiple dates: UA:$427 SAN-OGG rt 5500PQM+ Thu 27 Dec SAN-SFO-OGG-SFO-SAN Link: https://goo.gl/flights/TMPKF |
UA:$954 IAH-PVG 15667PQM or $1015 MEX-TLV 15557PQM
Originally Posted by flyer_mty
(Post 30554273)
Hi everyone.
I will appreciate if you can help me finding out options to earn 13,000 PQM before the end of the year to maintain my UA status. Departure Airport: MEX / IAH Miles Needed: UA 13,000 PQM Required Spend or Budget: <900 or less possible Available Travel Dates: rest of December Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal Route(s) You've Already Searched: MEX-EWR-Europe/Asia/South America… Thank you for your help! Do you have a China visa? (Question was not answered.) If so, this may be the cheapest option: UA:$954 IAH-PVG 15667PQM (all UA metal) Sat 29 Dec UA182 IAH-SFO 0950-1213 UA857 SFO-PVG 1305-1835(+1day) Mon 31 Dec UA199 PVG-LAX 2025-1545 UA494 LAX-IAH 1741-2246 Link: https://goo.gl/flights/e2CgD From MEX: UA:$1015 MEX-TLV 15557PQM Sat 29 Dec UA1567 MEX-IAD 0940-1445 UA989 IAD-FRA 1725-0710(+1day) Sun 30 Dec UA9120(LH) FRA-TLV 1010-1515 Mon 31 Dec UA9740(LH) TLV-MUC 0700-1010 UA107 MUC-IAD 1210-1535 UA1566I IAD-MEX 1710-2110 Link: https://goo.gl/flights/HNcsA No China visa required. But only about 12k of this is UA metal, rest on LH. Any reason the 13k must be flown on UA metal? Unfortunately, both options require an overnight. UPDATE: interesting option out of MEX (if enough PQM) UA:$1134 MEX-YVR in Business/First 12792PQM Sat 30 Dec UA1025 MEX-IAH 1005-1220 UA1973 IAH-SFO 1429-1648 UA460 SFO-YVR 1925-2145 Mon 31 Dec UA618 YVR-SFO 0600-0831 UA1615 SFO-IAH 1305-1858 UA429 IAH-MEX 1935-2155 Link: https://goo.gl/flights/wwdiq Again, requires an overnight. |
Thank you wh6cto for your help. I don´t have a chinese visa right now. One correction about my request, I only need to fly 2 segments in UA metal, all other segments could be with Star Alliance.
Once again thank you! |
Originally Posted by AGYB
(Post 30493517)
Departure Airport: EWR
Miles Needed: 18000 PQM Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): cheapest Available Travel Dates: After DEC 10th Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: any Route(s) You've Already Searched: (Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? no (but im american if that makes a difference |
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