May 2, 2017, 3:12 pm
Last edit by: Wooglin
UA Premier four (4) segment rule
To be eligible to qualify for any Premier level, you must fly a minimum of four paid flight segments on flights operated by United and/or United Express during a calendar year.
- Four (4) paid or award (
not award) flight segments operated by UA/UX (Award tickets qualify as of 2023) - Flight segment needs to be credited to UA MP to qualify
- Codeshares operated by UA qualify
- Codeshares operated by other airlines / partners do not qualify
- Can be on any ticket stock (do not need to be sold by UA)
Basic Economy (N) fares do not now count (regardless of elite status)(BE segments now qualified -- starting Dec 2018)- A flight segment is each flight between two airports as purchased (direct flights -single flight number with a stop - that credits as 1 PQF, counts as one segment)
- Original Routing Credit, when applicable, can be used
The requirement is waived for Chase MileagePlus Presidential Plus Card or a Chase United MileagePlus Club Card primary credit card holdersceased in 2020- Not required for Lifetime status (aka Million Miler status)
Related thread: Hitting the 4 UA Metal Segment Requirement - how to find cheapest option?
Minimum of 4 United flights/segments for Premier Status-Post your questions here
Nov 14, 2018, 6:31 am
#391
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As you thought, and WineCountryUA confirmed, none of these should have counted. Are you sure they did? Maybe you have two UA-operated flights from earlier this year that you've forgotten about?
Nov 25, 2018, 5:42 am
#392
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 17
United flights within Asia?
I’ve hit star alliance gold via miles flown but just realized that because all of my flights have been with partners I havenr hit the minimum 4 united flights. Does anyone know if there are any workarounds? I live in Asia and don’t Want to fly all the way to USA but doesn’t seem like there are any United flights within Asia. Any ideas? I think I might have seen the United club visa might Waive that requirement....
Nov 25, 2018, 6:44 am
#394
Join Date: Apr 2016
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There are flights within Oceania on united metal however. GUM-PVG, GUM-NRT, GUM-ROR, GUM-YAP, GUM-MNL and a couple more that I can't think of off the top of my head. Might be able to stitch a round trip like NRT-GUM-MNL or PVG-GUM-MNL to meet the segment minimum.
Nov 25, 2018, 7:16 am
#395
Join Date: Jul 2005
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UA no longer flies GUM-PVG. UA still flies GUM-HKG, along with GUM-MNL and several GUM-Japan routes.
Nov 25, 2018, 8:24 am
#396
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IMO, 4 segment minimum is quite light for a ‘home’ airline requirement, and makes sense to me. Others (AC, for example) have a much higher requirement (and I don’t believe there is any sort of card waiver for them).
Nov 25, 2018, 9:13 am
#397
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
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Tiny bit off this special topic, but do BE flights count as flight segments?
Silly me! The answer is :
"Tickets will earn RDMs but no PQMs, PQSs, PQDs, does not count for minimum 4 segment , no lifetime miles".
Guess mine are waived since I am MMer?
Silly me! The answer is :
"Tickets will earn RDMs but no PQMs, PQSs, PQDs, does not count for minimum 4 segment , no lifetime miles".
Guess mine are waived since I am MMer?
Nov 25, 2018, 9:18 am
#398
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Nov 25, 2018, 9:40 am
#399
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Where in Asia are you now, and can you enter the US (more specifically, Guam?)
Take a look at HKG->GUM->MNL->GUM->HKG or NRT->GUM->MNL->GUM->NRT
Should sort you out for the United flights w/o having to cross the pond.
Take a look at HKG->GUM->MNL->GUM->HKG or NRT->GUM->MNL->GUM->NRT
Should sort you out for the United flights w/o having to cross the pond.
Nov 25, 2018, 10:08 am
#400
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Of all the Micronesian islands, SPN fares are probably the cheapest (competition with other airlines flying direct). Given UA only flies GUM-SPN, any round-trip Asia-SPN will give you 4 segments.
Nov 25, 2018, 12:44 pm
#401
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Yes and no. You don’t need to fly any UA segments to keep your current status level. However, if you wanted to qualify for a higher status level than you have from MM — e.g., 1MM trying to get to 1K — you’d still need four non-BE segments on UA metal.
Nov 26, 2018, 3:04 pm
#402
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the mystatus.united.com site has been down for maintenance for me for the last two weeks. just wanted to triple check i'm on track and my spreadsheet lines up, as I have one flight not showing anything for accruals. does the site work for anyone else?
Nov 26, 2018, 6:00 pm
#404
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I just tried on a completely different computer. I can get to the login page just fine but always get redirected to https://mystatus.united.com/maintenance.html . I seriously think it's because one of my flights doesn't show accrual information.
Dec 2, 2018, 9:40 pm
#405
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: SPG Plat
Posts: 792
Question about the 4 segment minimum: does it have to be United-marketed and operated? Or can it just be United-marketed? I have a flight on NH metal that is on UA ticket stock and wanted to know if that segment counted...
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 2, 2018 at 10:36 pm Reason: merged into consolidated thread
