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How are there so many 1K? PQD Impossible!
Hello,
I just booked a $1400 ticket round trip Prem Economy class to Bangkok on Eva. I just realized I will earn ZERO PQD!! My fault entirely.American and Delta offer fairly extensive PQD earnings for Premium Economy Class fares so I had no idea these flights literally will not count for status. Seems pretty ridiculous and takes all the fun out of it since United.com doesn't price even close to the competitor website and I did not see a Premium Economy. So this begs the questions, with on United tickets earning PQD, how do so many people achieve 1K!? |
Did you book it through UA on 016 ticket stock? If you don't do that, for non-UA operated flights, you don't earn PDQ. There are extensive threads about this and whether and on what airlines it's worth booking through UA in terms of price etc.
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By flying CPH-FRA-YVR-SFO instead of the SK nonstop, which can't be plated 016 :)
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Originally Posted by Kannai
(Post 28863685)
Did you book it through UA on 016 ticket stock? If you don't do that, for non-UA operated flights, you don't earn PDQ. There are extensive threads about this and whether and on what airlines it's worth booking through UA in terms of price etc.
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Originally Posted by aero0729
(Post 28863654)
So this begs the questions, with on United tickets earning PQD, how do so many people achieve 1K!?
Even on the low side, that's approximately $17,000-$18,000 PQDs. He's been 1K since I started working for him years ago. A lot of the people I chat with when I'm sitting in First or Polaris seem to be of this type- people who primarily travel in premium classes for business travel. Or, they buy more expensive upgradeable economy tickets, hence more PQD. It's hardly impossible to achieve 1K, imo |
Many of us live abroad so the PQD requirement isn't necessary.
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Last minute travel ain’t cheap
I have paid $14,000 for a RT ticket to Asia before, my Coworker paid $17,000 for a RT ticket to Oman. When your boss calls and wakes you up on a Tuesday and expects you to be in Kuala Lumpur 44 hours later ready to work, it costs MONEY. |
I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
http://img.gd/BNer6Y+ |
Originally Posted by gokeeper
(Post 28863730)
I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
(Post 28863730)
I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
http://img.gd/BNer6Y+ To OP, You may not get the PQDs, but BR is much better flying experience than UA. The seats are much more comfortable than the UA slimline seats. You would love every second to be in the plane with BR. |
ExpertFlyer disagrees, for UA I get the following result (which includes BR):
Interline AgreementsShare Results E-Ticket Interline Agreements AA AB AC AD AF AH AI AM AR AS AV AX AY AZ A3 BA BB BD BE BI BM BR BT BW CA CI CM CO CX CZ DL EI EN EQ ET EW EY FB FI FJ FM FV GA GF GK G3 HA HO HU HX IB IT JJ JL JP JQ J2 KA KC KE KF KL KM KQ KS KU KX LA LG LH LO LP LR LW LX LY MD ME MF MH MI MK MS MU NH NU NX NZ OA OK OM OS OU OZ O6 PG PK PR PS PU PX PZ QF RO SA SK SN SQ SU S2 S4 S7 TA TG TJ TK TP UL UN UP US UX VA VF VK VN VS VW WK WM WP WS WY XF XL ZH ZK 3K 3M 4B 4M 4Q 4U 7C 7H 9B 9K 9W Paper Ticket and Baggage Interline Agreements MAY ISSUE TICKETS INCLUDING AA AB AC AD AF AH AI AM AR AS AV AX AY AZ A3 BA BB BE BI BM BR BT BW CA CI CM CS CX CZ DL EI EN EQ ET EV EW EY FB FI FJ FM FV GA GF GK G3 HA HO HP HU HX IB JJ JL JO JP JQ J2 KA KC KE KL KM KQ KS KU KX LA LG LH LO LP LR LX LY MD ME MF MH MI MK MQ MS MU MX NH NU NX NZ OA OK OM OO OS OU OZ O6 PG PK PR PS PX PZ QF RO SA SK SN SQ SU SZ S2 S4 S7 TA TG TJ TK TP T0 UA UL UN UP UX VA VN VS VW WK WM WP WS WY XF XL ZH ZK 2K 3K 3M 4B 4M 4Q 4U 7C 7H 9B 9K 9W MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO AA AB AC AD AF AH AI AM AR AS AV AX AY AZ A3 BA BB BE BI BM BR BT BW CI CM CS CX CZ DL EI EN EQ ET EV EW EY FB FI FJ FM FV GA GF GK G3 HA HO HP HU HX IB JJ JL JO JP JQ J2 KA KC KE KL KM KQ KS KU KX LA LH LO LP LR LX LY MD ME MF MH MI MK MQ MS MU MX NH NU NX NZ OA OK OM OO OS OU OZ O6 PG PK PR PS PX PZ QF RO SA SK SN SQ SU SZ S2 S4 S7 TA TG TJ TK TP T0 UA UL UN UP UX VA VN VS VW WK WM WP WS WY XF XL ZH ZK 2K 3K 3M 4B 4M 4Q 4U 7C 7H 9B 9K 9W |
... Some of us grind it out the really hard way.
I’ll be requalified for next year by the first week in October, and I’ve done 0 international miles this year ... 100% domestic. It’s awful earning it, a few PQMs at a time.. EWR-CMH-EWR. EWR-ATL-EWR. EWR-DFW-EWR. EWR-MCO-EWR. Rinse & repeat .... Ive said it before - I really wish there was a way to divide the 1K’s into domestic/int’l road warriors. Different privileges for each. I.E. - give int’l 1K’s access to polaris lounges, plenty of GPUs (on any fare class!) and maybe some other privileges but not CPUs. Let the domestic 1Ks get CPU priority and maybe some other extra domestic privileges. Something like that - haven’t fully thought it out - but things like GPUs don’t help me much. I’d trade them for GS-like CPU privileges any day of the week.... |
Originally Posted by aero0729
(Post 28863695)
How do i book Premium Economy on the UA website ? Of course tis not 016. Major issue in my opinion with the program.
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There are all sorts of things one can spend money on United that don't earn either PQD or miles. Upgrade fees paid at the time of check-in, even non-trivial ones over $1,000, don't, for example.
Just another reason why my United business (and my local airport is their SFO hub) has gone from many thousands of dollars a year to virtually nothing. Along the way, I've discovered that virtually every major foreign airline has a better international business or first class than United, and that includes even United with the new Polaris seats. |
Originally Posted by studentCPH
(Post 28863938)
ExpertFlyer disagrees, for UA I get the following result (which includes BR):
W/*UA‡*BR« UA-016 UNITED AIRLINES/UNITED AIRLINES, INC. MAY ISSUE TICKETS INCLUDING BR-695 EVA AIRWAYS/EVA AIRWAYS CORPORATION MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO BR 1 UA 871Y 05NOV S SFOTPE SS1 125P 750P 06NOV M /DCUA /E 2 BR 61Y 06NOV M TPEBKK SS1 1005P 100A 07NOV T /DCBR /E VALIDATING CARRIER - UA ALTERNATE VALIDATING CARRIER/S - BR |
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