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)
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Minimum of 4 United flights/segments for Premier Status-Post your questions here
Apr 12, 2016, 4:25 pm
#256
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Apr 12, 2016, 4:50 pm
#257
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Sep 27, 2016, 10:43 am
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https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con.../PQD-FAQs.aspx
Members must fly at least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express® during a calendar year to qualify for any Premier status. In 2016, members who hold a United MileagePlus Presidential PlusSM or Club Credit Card are exempt from the four-segment minimum as long as they are the primary Cardmember and their Credit Card account is open and not in default at the time of qualification.
Members must fly at least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express® during a calendar year to qualify for any Premier status. In 2016, members who hold a United MileagePlus Presidential PlusSM or Club Credit Card are exempt from the four-segment minimum as long as they are the primary Cardmember and their Credit Card account is open and not in default at the time of qualification.
Sep 29, 2016, 3:33 am
#261
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4 UA segments for premier qualifying - any suggestions?
Hi,
unfortunately I was not able to fly the 4 segments required to qualify for premier on UA yet.
I guess UA is not going to wave that requirement for me - as I live in Europe.
Anyway I do have a 10 hour layover in MIA from 10am to 8pm on a saturday - is there any way to get the 4 segments in - for an affordable price in that time-frame?
I might have a 24 hour layover in MIA early next year...any suggestions on a quick and affordable run to get the segments in for the next year?
It would be nice to qualify for *GOLD again - but it must be reasonable to do so - as the benefits are not worth to spend a ton of money and/ or time....
A CC waver is not an option as US CC offers are not available in Europe.....
Thank you everybody for your help and input!
unfortunately I was not able to fly the 4 segments required to qualify for premier on UA yet.
I guess UA is not going to wave that requirement for me - as I live in Europe.
Anyway I do have a 10 hour layover in MIA from 10am to 8pm on a saturday - is there any way to get the 4 segments in - for an affordable price in that time-frame?
I might have a 24 hour layover in MIA early next year...any suggestions on a quick and affordable run to get the segments in for the next year?
It would be nice to qualify for *GOLD again - but it must be reasonable to do so - as the benefits are not worth to spend a ton of money and/ or time....
A CC waver is not an option as US CC offers are not available in Europe.....
Thank you everybody for your help and input!
Sep 29, 2016, 4:14 am
#262
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It would be easier if you are in a UA hub. UA has limited flights out of Miami.
I was thinking you may be able to do Miami-Houston-Austin and back, your windwo of 10 am to 8 pm are not within the UA scheduled flights. UA used to (many years ago) have MIA-MCO UA/UX flights, and you could do 4 segments within the 10 am to 8 pm window.
If you have 24 hours, you can also do MIA-EWR-DC and back, but it all depends on which 24-hour window you are restricted to.
If you are flying out of EWR, ORD and SFO, there are a number of short UX flights will get you the 4 segnments.
I was thinking you may be able to do Miami-Houston-Austin and back, your windwo of 10 am to 8 pm are not within the UA scheduled flights. UA used to (many years ago) have MIA-MCO UA/UX flights, and you could do 4 segments within the 10 am to 8 pm window.
If you have 24 hours, you can also do MIA-EWR-DC and back, but it all depends on which 24-hour window you are restricted to.
If you are flying out of EWR, ORD and SFO, there are a number of short UX flights will get you the 4 segnments.
Sep 29, 2016, 4:28 am
#263
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If you could delay your departure from MIA by a day to make it 36 hours instead of 12, that would help a lot. Otherwise, it just does not seem to be enough time to make four segments, even if you could drive to, say, FLL or PBI.
Sep 29, 2016, 4:28 am
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No waiver on segments if you live abroad, just on PQDs which is fair enough as, as you point out, the ccs are not available to those of us who live abroad.
Can you change your inbound/outbound flights to MIA to UA? If so, then you will automatically pick up the segments since they will go through a UA hub.
Can you change your inbound/outbound flights to MIA to UA? If so, then you will automatically pick up the segments since they will go through a UA hub.
Sep 29, 2016, 4:49 am
#265
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Sep 29, 2016, 9:30 am
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Just wondering, are the segments counted as _real_ segments or PQS? Flying first will give you 1.5 PQS (as opposed to 1 PQS), but that still doesn't make it much easier, seeing as you'd still need at least 3 flights (better than 4 I guess).
Sep 29, 2016, 9:32 am
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Four BIS segments, no multiplier.
Sep 29, 2016, 9:55 am
#269
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Hi,
unfortunately I was not able to fly the 4 segments required to qualify for premier on UA yet.
I guess UA is not going to wave that requirement for me - as I live in Europe.
Anyway I do have a 10 hour layover in MIA from 10am to 8pm on a saturday - is there any way to get the 4 segments in - for an affordable price in that time-frame?
I might have a 24 hour layover in MIA early next year...any suggestions on a quick and affordable run to get the segments in for the next year?
It would be nice to qualify for *GOLD again - but it must be reasonable to do so - as the benefits are not worth to spend a ton of money and/ or time....
A CC waver is not an option as US CC offers are not available in Europe.....
Thank you everybody for your help and input!
unfortunately I was not able to fly the 4 segments required to qualify for premier on UA yet.
I guess UA is not going to wave that requirement for me - as I live in Europe.
Anyway I do have a 10 hour layover in MIA from 10am to 8pm on a saturday - is there any way to get the 4 segments in - for an affordable price in that time-frame?
I might have a 24 hour layover in MIA early next year...any suggestions on a quick and affordable run to get the segments in for the next year?
It would be nice to qualify for *GOLD again - but it must be reasonable to do so - as the benefits are not worth to spend a ton of money and/ or time....
A CC waver is not an option as US CC offers are not available in Europe.....
Thank you everybody for your help and input!
Sep 29, 2016, 9:56 am
#270
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Since *G (Senator) on LH requires 100,000 status miles per year while UA (Gold) only requires 50,000 PQMs?