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Old Jan 17, 2013, 3:45 pm
  #31  
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: UA 1K and Million Miler, Marriott Platinum, Hertz 5-Star
Posts: 9
Same numbers for me:

The $60 credit for the Visa and the 25% bonus miles + 4 Global Premier Upgrades do not cover the $2199 I would need to pay. Should have made a mileage run
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 3:51 pm
  #32  
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: DCA
Programs: UA , UC, Marriott
Posts: 48
Originally Posted by Molvak
I'm sitting at 22619 PQM's and got the offer for 3000 PQM's @ $499. I am so on the fence! I will have a little more travel this year than last, but is it really worth it? E+ is usually down to middle seats at check in, I never check a bag, and since I fly out of DCA and now have the TSA Pre-Check, is the 25% up tick in award miles worth it?:confused. :
Bit the bullet and did it (at the House CinC's Insistence (House Commander in Chief)). Hell, I would have spent that on some software that I really dont need this week.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 4:29 pm
  #33  
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CLE
Programs: United, Southwest, SPG, HH, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 11
I ended the year at 11,846 (I'm in a mileage dispute for another ~4,000). This was my offer:

1,000 PQM / 1 PQS - $199
2,000 PQM / 2 PQS - $349
3,000 PQM / 3 PQS - $499
4,000 PQM / 4 PQS - $649
5,000 PQM / 5 PQS - $799
6,000 PQM / 6 PQS - $949
7,000 PQM / 7 PQS - $1099
8,000 PQM / 8 PQS - $1249
9,000 PQM / 9 PQS - $1399
10,000 PQM / 10 PQS - $1549
11,000 PQM / 11 PQS - $1699
12,000 PQM / 12 PQS - $1849
13,000 PQM / 13 PQS - $1999
14,000 PQM / 14 PQS - $2149 *
15,000 PQM / 15 PQS - $2299
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 4:33 pm
  #34  
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DC
Programs: UA MP 1MM, HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Hyatt GP Globalist
Posts: 35
Got almost same offer for PP => 1K. The only difference was 1,000 PQM would have cost $1.00. I would clearly take that offer rather than use 10,000 Choices miles to get over 1K threshold. However, that would require playing "elite qualifying roulette" with United in Jan. for a relatively few miles.

Originally Posted by Duke777
Plat to 1K is way worse. Apparently those SWU are very valuable.

1,000 PQM / 1 PQS - N/A
2,000 PQM / 2 PQS - $999
3,000 PQM / 3 PQS - $1399
4,000 PQM / 4 PQS - $1699
5,000 PQM / 5 PQS - $1949
6,000 PQM / 6 PQS - $2199
7,000 PQM / 7 PQS - $2449
8,000 PQM / 8 PQS - $2699
9,000 PQM / 9 PQS - $2949
10,000 PQM / 10 PQS - $3149
11,000 PQM / 11 PQS - $3349
12,000 PQM / 12 PQS - $3549
13,000 PQM / 13 PQS - $3749
14,000 PQM / 14 PQS - $3949
15,000 PQM / 15 PQS - $4149
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 4:39 pm
  #35  
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: UA MM | BA Silver
Posts: 7,193
They want $1,099 for 7k miles for my wife GM->2P.

I'm 70k miles from MM so better to spend the money on that venture.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 4:43 pm
  #36  
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Platinum, Starwood Platinum
Posts: 89
Getting the "invitation only" here... Dropping from Plat to Silver and think I was ~18-20K from Gold (stopped keeping track when I knew I wasn't going to make it...)
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 4:51 pm
  #37  
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Around LAX
Programs: United Gold
Posts: 10
I wish they had sent me an invite....I might have done it, since I was so close. Alas, I get invite only.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 5:13 pm
  #38  
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wichita
Posts: 628
I would have done it (needed 12 segments to get to Plat.) but there are way too many RJ's with no FC.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 5:14 pm
  #39  
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: UA-1Kmm, AA-EX Plt mm-, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 1,093
There was a time that buying status might have been appealing and worth paying a lot for. Those days disappeared in 2012.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 5:22 pm
  #40  
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Brattleboro, VT
Posts: 706
UA messed up and I'm happy. In anticipation of this offer in late Dec. 12 I signed up to buy 5,000 PQM for 50,000 miles through choices. That would have left me purchasing 11,000 PQMs through the offer. Although I was careful in signing up, for some reason my choices purchase never went through. Now looking at the prices for 11,000 PQMs for 1K status, I consider UA's mistake a minor miracle. No way would I spend $3300 for 1K. And I still have my 50,000 miles too. Yea UA.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 5:30 pm
  #41  
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: EWR
Programs: UA Silver, MRP Platinum, Marriott Vacation Club Chairman, SPG Platinum, Cunard Platinum,
Posts: 967
Originally Posted by jthomas2ft
I got $2500 for 7000 miles for 1k. No thanks!
This I don't get. For $2500 you get 6 SWUs and 2 Regionals. That's a no brainier to me.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 5:46 pm
  #42  
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 235
Originally Posted by netguy
I'm short of Premier Gold (sitting at 41433 PQM), here was my offer:

1,000 PQM / 1 PQS - $299
2,000 PQM / 2 PQS - $499
3,000 PQM / 3 PQS - $649
4,000 PQM / 4 PQS - $799
5,000 PQM / 5 PQS - $949 *
6,000 PQM / 6 PQS - $1099
7,000 PQM / 7 PQS - $1249
8,000 PQM / 8 PQS - $1399
9,000 PQM / 9 PQS - $1549
10,000 PQM / 10 PQS - $1699
11,000 PQM / 11 PQS - $1849
12,000 PQM / 12 PQS - $1999
13,000 PQM / 13 PQS - $2149
14,000 PQM / 14 PQS - $2299
15,000 PQM / 15 PQS - $2449
my offer was the same as this, i ended 2012 with a bit over 45k, dropping from 1K to silver in a couple of weeks... i am not taking the offer, going to spend the $$ on BIS and get 3-4 times as much PQM...
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 6:05 pm
  #43  
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: UA-1K, Hertz-Gold, Marriott-Gold, PC-Platinum, SPG
Posts: 2,777
Originally Posted by icydog
This I don't get. For $2500 you get 6 SWUs and 2 Regionals. That's a no brainier to me.
Why and how is it a no brainer?
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 6:13 pm
  #44  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: EAU
Programs: UA 1K, CO Plat, NW Plat, Marriott Premiere Plat, SPG Plat, Priority Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,712
Originally Posted by icydog
This I don't get. For $2500 you get 6 SWUs and 2 Regionals. That's a no brainier to me.
Maybe if you fly internationally on routes where GPU's clear; otherwise not so much.
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Old Jan 17, 2013, 8:00 pm
  #45  
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 177
I'm dropping from 1K to Silver, $1399 for 8K PQM so I can go Gold. I don't know why I'm considering this, most of my travel is in biz class which makes the status almost irrelevant.
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