Just short of next status level, before my next flight will UA grant early status?
Just short of next status level, before my next flight will UA grant early status?
Jun 5, 2014, 10:30 pm
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Jun 5, 2014, 10:54 pm
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Jun 5, 2014, 11:01 pm
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Jun 5, 2014, 11:02 pm
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By the time I fly ORD-GRU in August, I'll be 36 PQM short of Premier Silver status (I've already met the PQD requirement). Is there any chance that United would "round up" my PQM and grant me Premier Silver status before my GRU trip? I've heard of this happening for members who are re-qualifying for an elite level at the end of the year, but I'm not sure if it would apply in my case. Thank you for your insight!
Jun 6, 2014, 1:10 am
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The accelerator is a good advise
Jun 6, 2014, 1:20 am
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OP, if you have other UA flights scheduled in the intervening months, look into using SDC ($75 without status) to do a routing change that will give you the extra miles. For example, if you're flying LAX-IAH, you can SDC (assuming fare class availability) and route LAX-SFO-IAH and score more than enough extra miles to make silver.
Jun 6, 2014, 5:35 am
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OP, if you have other UA flights scheduled in the intervening months, look into using SDC ($75 without status) to do a routing change that will give you the extra miles. For example, if you're flying LAX-IAH, you can SDC (assuming fare class availability) and route LAX-SFO-IAH and score more than enough extra miles to make silver.
Jun 6, 2014, 8:48 am
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$75 at about $0.13 per mile is about 580 miles. Can you purchase that few accelerator miles nowadays? Last year, I was offered exactly the trip mileage, now I get it rounded up, sometimes way up.
Jun 6, 2014, 8:51 am
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Exactly. I never get premier accelerator options that cost less than a couple hundred bucks. For SFO-SAN this weekend, the minimum I'm being offered is 3000 miles at $270 (in addition to $78 for the RDMs). Which is why I suggested SDC instead.
Jun 6, 2014, 12:28 pm
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On a EWR-IAD flight, I was offered 500 premier accelerator miles for $57 (total including the award accelerator), which would be cheaper than a SDC. At the time, I assumed they rounded the flight distance up to the 500 mile minimum for the offer.