FrenchCaliFlyer

you don't need to book refundable, you just need to cancel within 24h of ticketing (which is when you can buy the miles as well - and those post instantly pretty much)

WineCountryUA

of just cancel well before the normal 24 hour post-ticketing window

yes

about the same as you have seen for the longer itins.

try trips of 1..5K to 2K in total length (OW or RT)

yes

iquitos

Around 43,000 to go for 1k Booked for IAD-HNL, IAD-TLv, and IAD LAX BAH which should get me over the top.

Mike Jacoubowsky

I'll be short 17,000 PQMs after my trip to Thailand mid-November. Bad timing. Do I really want to do SFO-SEA-NRT-BKK (& return) and then something darned similar... again? Last year it was SFO-SEA-NRT-SIN (& return via LAX). Which wasn't too bad since there was not one 747 involved. Almost impossible to avoid a 747 (in Y) this time.

So just not sure yet if I'm going to end up Plat or Gold. Plat is so nice in terms of benefits compared to Gold...

nookanaya

Has anyone had recent luck getting MP to spot you the next level when you a) are very close and b) _do_ have more than enough miles booked to qualify for that level? I'm at just over 99k right now with one tcon coming up in a week (and a couple more trips planned). Not expecting that they will do it, but I'm going to call them this week and ask anyway. Just wondering if they've been nice lately.

crackers8199

between making a move across the country (and flying back and forth a lot to take care of stuff), and working 4 states away over the summer and flying for that too, this is the first year i'm even going to be remotely close, so i want to make sure i don't miss it...so please bear with me on this.

i've got another cross-country flight next weekend through the following weekend (PHL-IAH-LAX, LAX-IAH-PHL). by my calculations, at the end of the round trip in two weeks, i will have 24,479 PQMs.

i might have to make another trip to CA before the end of the year, but i'm not 100% sure. this round-trip coming up may be my last flight this year...if so, i'm going to be (as you can see) a little short...right?

do i have any options on making up the extra 500 or so miles on this trip? i know i can buy the premier accelerator, but do i have other options? for example, can i upgrade to first class on one or more of the legs of this flight and end up with additional miles that way?

any help would be greatly appreciated...like i said, this is the first time i've ever travelled this much and gotten this close to premier, so i want to make sure i don't get that close and then not get over the hump.

zechariahs

Doing a "Mileage Run" might be your best bet.

crackers8199

i'd rather not do a mileage run...if i'm going to do that, i'd rather just buy the premier accelerator.

rychosis

Since you are so close, I would consider switching your routing. It would make for a longer travel day, but an additional stopover in SFO or ORD on either side should put you over the top.

sb3

+1

If you can find a same day change ($75 fee - united rules here) to go through SFO on the way to/from LAX to/from IAH, you should earn 500+ miles. If you go PHL-DEN-IAH, that's an extra 1000 miles.

wildbill412007

Are you asking whether they will upgrade you to 1k status for CPU on next weeks flights? It never hurts to ask, but I suspect that there is a hearty 'no' in your future.

crackers8199

since my last post was apparently deleted when this got moved, i'm gonna try to recap it...

how do i do a same-day flight change? never had to do one before, but i'm open to it if it will bump me over the top. it looks like if i go LAX-SFO-IAH-PHL on the way home, i should end up with 25,072 miles. cutting it close, but good enough...

when i do a search for that right now on united.com, it says i can change the flight right now for $4 + $200 change fee per person, so i guess there are seats open?

wildbill412007

Yes. You MIGHT, and note that it is a small chance, be able to change it for free the day within 24 hours of the flight if your current flight is overbooked, and the openings remain, but I suspect that it would be a sucker bet. Stranger things have happened. If you want silver that badly, 204.00 aint a terrible price to pay

aacharya

It is a horrible price versus the award accelerator.

OP - I would wait until T-24 - then you can do a same-day change. SDC can't be done now - hence the pricing you're getting.

nookanaya

I am, but w.r.t. the return flights. I'll already have flown enough for 1k, but I'll also be well inside t-24 for the return before the miles from the outbound flights hit my account. The Philippines already said no. I might try again in a couple days at a different time of day. But yeah, not expecting much.