Where are you based out of? It all depends. I'll hit $60k, if not more now that i have a nee project I have been assigned, this year and won't be GS. As others have mentioned, also includes cents per mile.

That likely works in your favor, and if you have a strong cpm with $60K pre-tax/fee spend, probably a good chance. YMMV, and is based on many data points entered here on FT from qualifiers and non-qualifiers. Good luck. :cool:

I'm curious if anyone has any anecdotes about in-year GS qualification. YTD, I have $41k PQD on UA metal, 76k BIS, 108k PQM, so $0.54cpm. $35k of the spend and 59k of the BIS miles are in "high margin" fares as reported in other GS threads (FACDYBZ). I am based out of IAD.

I realize these stats are on the low end and that I will have a good chance of qualifying at year-end due to more flying, but I'm wondering if there is reasonable probability in asking for a review of my data to try and qualify earlier in-year. Some posts have alluded to only getting one shot at a review, so I want to try to time it well.

My quid pro quo for the communal good: I went through this thread and pulled all quoted qualification data into a spreadsheet. Not sure if there is any useful way to share the full data, but some tidbits:
Across all 2014 qualifiers, median = $55k spend, $0.44cpm; min = $33k spend, $0.20cpm (clear outlier -> renewal, small hub)
Across first time 2014 qualifiers, median = $50k spend, $0.45cpm; min = $35k spend, $0.38cpm
Histogram across all 2014 qualifiers who posted spend estimates (albeit some included taxes):
<$40k: 7%
$40-45k: 18%
$45-50k: 16%
$50-55k: 10%
$55-60k: 13%
>$60k: 36%

Three guesses on my profession ;-) FWIW, if people were more consistent about posting pre-tax United metal PQD AND BIS AND hub data, I believe this kind of look could provide a much more clear view on $ and cpm thresholds, variances by hub, etc.

Beautician? No, wait, Professional Dog Walker? No, wait, Massage Therapist? I give up, probably just something like a statistician. :D

I recently emailed 1KVoice asking to be considered for GS with >125k PQMs, >60k PQDs YTD, almost all in C to Europe out of ORD (a couple of flights on LH metal and non UA tickets, or the PQD number would be even higher), and was told they aren't doing mid-year promotions anymore. Co-worker of mine with slightly lower stats made the same request about a month earlier and was bumped up immediately. So who knows...

Isn't there a large number of GS handed out by corporations, especially at SFO and EWR?

Yes there is - and they represent a majority of the GS folks I have met. It could be bc of the hubs and places I travel to regularly - but I don't meet very many people like myself that have actually earned it... The typical response I get is that "My Company (insert consulting firm/conglomerate/etc) gives it to me". These are usually senior people at these companies - or sometimes the road warriors (they earn it)... Just my experience though and I know others here have the opposite experience.

I know 7 other GS members. Not one of them got it handed too them. I suspect the numbers of gifted GS (besides the MM spousal benefit) is a very small fraction of those who have it.

Amen. Of course your post was almost immediately followed by someone posting PQM :rolleyes:
Appreciate the effort on the breakdown, very impressive for a jingle writer! :D

I know for a fact that our company receives a number of GS memberships. How many, I don't know nor care. Lets just say though a large chuck of the GS population probably had it handed to them vs. the 1K's (and a number of 'real' GS) that have earned it with BIS miles.

Yes, the analysis above was done based on posts in this forum, which I presumed were due to achieving status based on activity, not based on job perqs.

Was turned down with pretty good stats (I only fly TATL in biz, >66CPM). It's UA's choice. My choice is that once I hit 1K (the revenue threshold being met after 3 flights), I now consider all my options. For instance, I'll gladly fly LH biz instead of UA when it makes sense. I still get my miles and better service. The result is the UA is loosing a significant potion of my revenue.

I'm sure AA would love to have you, you'd actually be top dog over there ;)

If you're flying between the United States and Germany, you aren't taking any revenue away from UA by flying LH unless something major has changed.

We can't really say for certain that it's a true 50/50 split, right?