United Airlines Award/Premier Accelerator Rates [2014]
#707
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So no suggestion of another routing? just to try?
#708
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Routing has appears to be less of a factor on the prices than it has been in past years. There is some correlation in the number of miles offered based on the length of the itin but the cpm has been more consistent recently.
Neither of these statements are absolute {occasional reports of exceptions) but seems to reflect the general experience of those reporting on FT that I have read.
Neither of these statements are absolute {occasional reports of exceptions) but seems to reflect the general experience of those reporting on FT that I have read.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 28, 2014 at 2:30 pm Reason: typo
#710
Join Date: May 2001
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I hope you're lucky, but I think $4200 is the best you will do at this point. Don't make and cancel too many flights, of you'll probably get a nasty latter at some point.
Last edited by TomA; Dec 28, 2014 at 7:54 pm
#711
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To make things worse (slef punishment).. I recently took an itin to SIN, goin' for the cheap I selected W fare.. Looking back, for $2,000 more I could have gotten B and that was all I needed.
My logic was that I could enjoy an additional longhaul trip with that bucks...
Oh Well, this was my 1st. year as a 1K so I consider my self a noob
And thank you for the multiple cancelation suggestion, yep, I'm overly cautious in general, in fact this is the first time ever that I make a dummy res. and didn't wanted to make even the second one without expert feedback.
#712
Join Date: May 2001
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Lesson absolutely learned !!
To make things worse (slef punishment).. I recently took an itin to SIN, goin' for the cheap I selected W fare.. Looking back, for $2,000 more I could have gotten B and that was all I needed.
My logic was that I could enjoy an additional longhaul trip with that bucks...
To make things worse (slef punishment).. I recently took an itin to SIN, goin' for the cheap I selected W fare.. Looking back, for $2,000 more I could have gotten B and that was all I needed.
My logic was that I could enjoy an additional longhaul trip with that bucks...
#713
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#715
Join Date: Dec 2014
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You can do 2) but they probably are not going to offer 700 miles. If you do it now before your outbound flight (on the trip you mention, assuming it is 7500 miles) then they are likely to offer you like 8 or 10k miles and the price will be quite high around 30 to 40 cents per mile.
FYI:
a)for my Jan return leg they are offering:
7500 accelerator miles at $158 for award accelerator, plus $900 PQM.
In case you are interested, this same offer is made to all 3 of us on the same flight: me; my wife (no status, paid ticket booked through my account, and my daughter (no status on a rewards ticket).
b) for a couple of short-hop flights I booked, I am getting this offer:
5000 miles for $115, plus $600 for PQM.
Same offer if I book the flight for tomorrow or 3 months hence.
Naive Questions (call em #4 and 5):
4) If I accept the PQM Accelerator, do I get the X,000 miles in BOTH rewards and PQM? - so I'd at least have 5000 to use for booking a future flight too?
5) As I only need 700 PQM to hit Silver, and I cannot make a route change or additional trip before year end, does the $715 for 5000 sound like my best option?
Thanks!
#716
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Thanks so much.
FYI:
a)for my Jan return leg they are offering:
7500 accelerator miles at $158 for award accelerator, plus $900 PQM.
In case you are interested, this same offer is made to all 3 of us on the same flight: me; my wife (no status, paid ticket booked through my account, and my daughter (no status on a rewards ticket).
b) for a couple of short-hop flights I booked, I am getting this offer:
5000 miles for $115, plus $600 for PQM.
Same offer if I book the flight for tomorrow or 3 months hence.
Naive Questions (call em #4 and 5):
4) If I accept the PQM Accelerator, do I get the X,000 miles in BOTH rewards and PQM? - so I'd at least have 5000 to use for booking a future flight too?
5) As I only need 700 PQM to hit Silver, and I cannot make a route change or additional trip before year end, does the $715 for 5000 sound like my best option?
Thanks!
FYI:
a)for my Jan return leg they are offering:
7500 accelerator miles at $158 for award accelerator, plus $900 PQM.
In case you are interested, this same offer is made to all 3 of us on the same flight: me; my wife (no status, paid ticket booked through my account, and my daughter (no status on a rewards ticket).
b) for a couple of short-hop flights I booked, I am getting this offer:
5000 miles for $115, plus $600 for PQM.
Same offer if I book the flight for tomorrow or 3 months hence.
Naive Questions (call em #4 and 5):
4) If I accept the PQM Accelerator, do I get the X,000 miles in BOTH rewards and PQM? - so I'd at least have 5000 to use for booking a future flight too?
5) As I only need 700 PQM to hit Silver, and I cannot make a route change or additional trip before year end, does the $715 for 5000 sound like my best option?
Thanks!
5) In my opinion that's too much of an investment for Silver (Just my humble opinion). But for a straight answer to your question, it sounds like your best option taking in consideration that you cannot make any additional travel.
OR
Apply for the United Credit Card and it will be way cheaper and same benefits.
#717
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 2
3,288 PQM needed through Premier Accelerator
Hi,
I am new to flyertalk, and separately put myself into a predicament. I need 3,288 PQM to qualify for Gold in 2015. And its 12/31/14... so I can't do a mileage run. Anyone have suggestions to find a decent Premier Accelerator offer at this late in the game?
I have one trip booked in 2015 so far, it is a long international ticket so the accelerator offer was for 17.5k miles at around $0.19/mile. That is both way more than I need, and pricey.
I guess booking another, shorter, ticket could yield a lower mileage option and maybe get the price down a bit.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
I meet all of the other Gold requirements; 27 segments, $9500 PQD, etc.
Thank you.
I am new to flyertalk, and separately put myself into a predicament. I need 3,288 PQM to qualify for Gold in 2015. And its 12/31/14... so I can't do a mileage run. Anyone have suggestions to find a decent Premier Accelerator offer at this late in the game?
I have one trip booked in 2015 so far, it is a long international ticket so the accelerator offer was for 17.5k miles at around $0.19/mile. That is both way more than I need, and pricey.
I guess booking another, shorter, ticket could yield a lower mileage option and maybe get the price down a bit.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
I meet all of the other Gold requirements; 27 segments, $9500 PQD, etc.
Thank you.
#718
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As most offers to premier members are going to be for a minimum of 5k PQM, you can book almost any short-haul trip and see what they offer. Aim for something either 500 miles each way, or at most under 5k roundtrip, to try to minimize the offer. (As you noticed, the longhauls get big offers; I have one right now offering 50k and 75k PQM on a TPAC trip!)
Unfortunately, UA typically charges a higher cost per mile for the shorter trips. So that 5k PQM offer may cost you $2000+. They know they have you over a barrel.
For example, before my last flights of the year had posted to put me over 1K, UA was for my shorter trips offering PQM at 42cpm (at the time, 10k minimum miles for me, or $4.2k), but was offering them at only 12cpm on a longer trip ($6k for 50,000). Those rates fluctuated a bit, with a few shorter offers appearing but at 50cpm, and a few longer ones dropping to 40cpm... but UA knew I "needed" over 4k PQM and only offered significantly more than that, too. (Thankfully, I had the miles from flights and just had to wait a few days for them to post.)
Unfortunately, UA typically charges a higher cost per mile for the shorter trips. So that 5k PQM offer may cost you $2000+. They know they have you over a barrel.
For example, before my last flights of the year had posted to put me over 1K, UA was for my shorter trips offering PQM at 42cpm (at the time, 10k minimum miles for me, or $4.2k), but was offering them at only 12cpm on a longer trip ($6k for 50,000). Those rates fluctuated a bit, with a few shorter offers appearing but at 50cpm, and a few longer ones dropping to 40cpm... but UA knew I "needed" over 4k PQM and only offered significantly more than that, too. (Thankfully, I had the miles from flights and just had to wait a few days for them to post.)
#719
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With the arrival of 2015 and a new http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...es-2015-a.html, it is time to let this thread RIP.
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