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Old Sep 1, 2018, 8:49 pm
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Major differences between 1K and Plat (as of 12/01/2017)
1Ks
  • Earning initially 2 additional RPUs and 6 GPUs (can earn more)
  • Priority for premium cabin meal choices
  • Free drink and food item if in economy on North American flights
  • Higher waitlist priority for upgrades,
  • Waitlisting for Instant Upgrades if on Y/B/M fares (for CPU eligible flights) and clears into PN
  • No close in 60 day change fees for awards
  • Higher earning rate for RDMs (11 vs 9)
  • While part of BG1, 1Ks can pre-board after GSs and families with a child 2 or younger [[i]note: Starting Sept 18, 2018, 1Ks are in a "preboarding" group after GS and other special needs pax instead of BG1; Plat remains in BG1, which also includes Gold and First/Biz pax without status to preboard]
  • 1K 1-call and 1Kvoice email address customer service
One consideration and "advantage" of Plat is it is the highest level that qualifies for PQD credit card waiver

A list of differences is available here: Premier benefits chart

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Old Dec 12, 2018, 9:41 pm
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Originally Posted by vinilm
... Also, can I buy PQM for an upcoming flight in Feb'19 and will it get credited in 2018?
Premier Accelerator (purchased PQMs) post based on the date purchased, not the date of the flight.

Read about the purchase process in Consolidated Award / Premier Accelerator questions, especially the wiki (top post)
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Old Dec 12, 2018, 10:00 pm
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
Premier Accelerator (purchased PQMs) post based on the date purchased, not the date of the flight.
Read about the purchase process in Consolidated Award / Premier Accelerator questions, especially the wiki (top post)
That will tell you that in middle of December, those PQM will be VERY expen$ive @:-)

Any domestic AI you could fly? That should do the trick one would think.
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Old Dec 12, 2018, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by EmailKid
That will tell you that in middle of December, those PQM will be VERY expen$ive @:-)... .
Recent reports (for some) in United Airlines Award/Premier Accelerator Rates [2018] are suprizing reasonable. Could change any time.
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Old Dec 13, 2018, 12:48 pm
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~10,500 PQM short and nearly $3,000 short to re-qual for 1K.

1. Worth a mileage run?
2. Found a flight on Avianca in Business class, any idea is $1,600 fare on AV in Biz will translate to ~$1,600.00 on UA?
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Old Dec 13, 2018, 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by FishH2O
~10,500 PQM short and nearly $3,000 short to re-qual for 1K.

1. Worth a mileage run?
2. Found a flight on Avianca in Business class, any idea is $1,600 fare on AV in Biz will translate to ~$1,600.00 on UA?
No PQDs on partner airlines unless you can ticket it on United. Try a search on united.com and see what comes up.
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Old Dec 13, 2018, 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jsloan
No PQDs on partner airlines unless you can ticket it on United. Try a search on united.com and see what comes up.

Thanks! Yes, did that, fare was $5K+
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Old Dec 13, 2018, 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by FishH2O
~10,500 PQM short and nearly $3,000 short to re-qual for 1K.

1. Worth a mileage run?
2. Found a flight on Avianca in Business class, any idea is $1,600 fare on AV in Biz will translate to ~$1,600.00 on UA?
I ran last year to close roughly that deficit and am pretty happy about my decision. But I've used 5 of my GPUs to save at least $4,000 over what well-researched revenue tickets would have cost. Although, heck, I'm sort of sad right now that I'm not about to go take a quick, dumb trip somewhere for fun.

Note that Hawaii is about the correct distance away from most parts of the US, if you are so inclined (I did OGG)
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Old Dec 16, 2018, 11:22 pm
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Just about to qualify for prem1k vs plat, any majorndiffmajor to expect? Wonder if this will be a bign/ difference.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 18, 2018 at 12:13 am Reason: moved to master thread
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 12:22 am
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Originally Posted by ZBigFam
Just about to qualify for prem1k vs plat, any majorndiffmajor to expect? Wonder if this will be a bign/ difference.
Congratulations. 1K has significant differences to Platinum.

1. Pre-board after families with children under two but before BG1
2. 6 GPUs (major benefit in my mind).
3. Free drink and free meal when sitting E/E+. Food is often better than that offered in FC.
4. No fees on redeposit/change of award tickets
5. Access to E+ at time of booking
6. Access to former GFL seats on three cabin aircraft while Polaris hard product is rolled out.

Am sure there are other benefits but these are the ones that come to mind.
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by Aussienarelle
5. Access to E+ at time of booking.
Agree with the others, but there's no difference in the E+ benefit between Platinum and 1K.
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 1:06 am
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Originally Posted by jsloan
Agree with the others, but there's no difference in the E+ benefit between Platinum and 1K.
Oh I was not aware that was a benefit for Platinum. Good to know for when I drop from 1K in 2020.
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 5:09 am
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Originally Posted by Aussienarelle
Oh I was not aware that was a benefit for Platinum. Good to know for when I drop from 1K in 2020.
Even Golds can choose an E+ seat at booking.
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 5:54 am
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Thanks! Will see how I can use the gpus in the future, it's a first for me.
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Old Dec 17, 2018, 6:15 am
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Originally Posted by Aussienarelle
4. No fees on redeposit/change of award tickets
Within 60 days or under. It's free for Plat 2 months out when making changes.
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Old Dec 18, 2018, 12:12 am
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Originally Posted by Aussienarelle
Congratulations. 1K has significant differences to Platinum.

1. Pre-board after families with children under two but before BG1
2. 6 GPUs (major benefit in my mind).
3. Free drink and free meal when sitting E/E+. Food is often better than that offered in FC.
4. No fees on redeposit/change of award tickets
5. Access to E+ at time of booking
6. Access to former GFL seats on three cabin aircraft while Polaris hard product is rolled out.

Am sure there are other benefits but these are the ones that come to mind.
The wiki of this thread has a few more items for 1k vs Plat.
Such as
  • Priority for business / first cabin meals
  • Higher waitlist priority
  • Higher RDM multiplier
  • Higher priority for customer service
  • Access to PN for Instant Upgrades (CPU flights)
  • ...

The Access to former GF seat will just for a few more months as those seats are being removed at an increased rate,
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