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How are there so many 1K? PQD Impossible!

How are there so many 1K? PQD Impossible!

Old Sep 27, 2017, 2:50 am
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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!?
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:12 am
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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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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:14 am
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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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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:20 am
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Originally Posted by Kannai
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.
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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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:30 am
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Originally Posted by aero0729
So this begs the questions, with on United tickets earning PQD, how do so many people achieve 1K!?
I report to someone who travels 6-8 times in business class round trip across the Pacific each year. He pays about $3,500-3,800 (possibly more) each round trip.
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
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:31 am
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Many of us live abroad so the PQD requirement isn't necessary.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:39 am
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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.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:42 am
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I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:51 am
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
Odd. I'm pretty sure UA and BR have an interline agreement, but you're right that BR fares cannot be plated 016, with the exception of full fare.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 5:38 am
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
I might be wrong, but it seems you can't issue BR ticket with 016 stock.
Wow seriously? The same alliance without interlining agreements? That's a very bad move.

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.

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Old Sep 27, 2017, 5:43 am
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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
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 6:53 am
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... Some of us grind it out the really hard way.
Ill be requalified for next year by the first week in October, and Ive done 0 international miles this year ... 100% domestic. Its 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 1Ks into domestic/intl road warriors. Different privileges for each.

I.E. - give intl 1Ks 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 - havent fully thought it out - but things like GPUs dont help me much. Id trade them for GS-like CPU privileges any day of the week....
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 7:01 am
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Originally Posted by aero0729
How do i book Premium Economy on the UA website ? Of course tis not 016. Major issue in my opinion with the program.
When I was in exactly the same situation with LH a year ago, I called UA and had them book it. It was a bit of a hassle as they couldn't really distinguish premium economy from regular economy. Be prepared to ask for the particular fair class letter(s). And you probably want to ask them to waive the talk-to-a-human fee as you can't book this on .bomb.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 7:07 am
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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.
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Old Sep 27, 2017, 7:09 am
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Originally Posted by studentCPH
ExpertFlyer disagrees, for UA I get the following result (which includes BR):
I tried to pull this information from GDS and got the following.

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
May be it need at least a UA leg to ticket 016 stock? It allow me to ticket under either UA or BR for the following itinerary.

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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