PQM/PQS "carried forward" (rollover) to the next year??
Aug 19, 2013, 7:26 am
#31
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I disagree
Aug 19, 2013, 8:10 am
#32
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Many folks, however, will take ~25K and credit to Aegean to get domestic lounge access for two/three years. Someone in KTM, though, won't need that.
As a GS, perhaps contact the GS desk and ask what other incentives they might offer you to stay with UA. Probably nothing they want publicly known..
Aug 19, 2013, 8:11 am
#33
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The only issue is that I would be set as a 1K for the next few years+ with a rollover program (esp since I am on track to get 250k+ PQMs) and not provide me any incentive to fly UA for those few years as I could work to gain elite status in other programs.
Aug 19, 2013, 9:17 am
#34
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Most years I fly around 40k miles. Never enough to make Gold. I always thought it would be nice for UA to acknowledge those of us who continue to fly UA after we hit 25k/Silver Status even though we'll never make Gold. Or for miles flown after reaching Gold but falling short of Platinum.
I could easily, once I've secured UA Silver, switch to Delta, for example, to pump up miles with that carrier. Even if UA gave us half credit for our 'extra' miles to carry over toward next year's status, it would be a nice perk.
I am now told by a friend that DL does exactly that. She had over 13k miles carry over from 2012 that were applied to her 2013 status. Instead of starting with zero status miles on January 1 she started with 13k miles in the bank that were excess miles after she achieved her status rank but fell short of the next tier.
That's a great incentive for status achieving customers to continue to fly DL, rather than switching carriers once their desired Status level is reached.
UA ought to consider that.
I could easily, once I've secured UA Silver, switch to Delta, for example, to pump up miles with that carrier. Even if UA gave us half credit for our 'extra' miles to carry over toward next year's status, it would be a nice perk.
I am now told by a friend that DL does exactly that. She had over 13k miles carry over from 2012 that were applied to her 2013 status. Instead of starting with zero status miles on January 1 she started with 13k miles in the bank that were excess miles after she achieved her status rank but fell short of the next tier.
That's a great incentive for status achieving customers to continue to fly DL, rather than switching carriers once their desired Status level is reached.
UA ought to consider that.
Aug 29, 2013, 5:27 pm
#35
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Idea for MP
Should MP rollover miles for customers that reach 1K and keep ongoing for more miles I am at 220K premier miles this year and most years I do 80-100 K more miles that 1K requires , Delta does it and also Avianca is like a bonus for people that keep on flying that have reached their goal for status ,because may be one year you want to take off in a sabbatical and don't lose status.
Aug 29, 2013, 5:37 pm
#36
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Should MP rollover miles for customers that reach 1K and keep ongoing for more miles I am at 220K premier miles this year and most years I do 80-100 K more miles that 1K requires , Delta does it and also Avianca is like a bonus for people that keep on flying that have reached their goal for status ,because may be one year you want to take off in a sabbatical and don't lose status.
Aug 29, 2013, 5:48 pm
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Aug 29, 2013, 5:51 pm
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Aug 29, 2013, 6:22 pm
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Aug 30, 2013, 7:57 am
#43
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They already provide incentive to fly beyond 1K (although not as great an incentive as it was before) with RPUs and GPUs.
The only issue is that I would be set as a 1K for the next few years+ with a rollover program (esp since I am on track to get 250k+ PQMs) and not provide me any incentive to fly UA for those few years as I could work to gain elite status in other programs.
The only issue is that I would be set as a 1K for the next few years+ with a rollover program (esp since I am on track to get 250k+ PQMs) and not provide me any incentive to fly UA for those few years as I could work to gain elite status in other programs.
Aug 30, 2013, 8:07 am
#44
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