Oct 22, 2018, 3:44 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
GS Qualifying for 2019 Discussion
This will be a discussion thread, for discussing the needed qualifications and timing of notification.
For posing formal notifications (but no discussion), use this thread Global Services 2019 Notifications (ONLY)
2019 GS Timeline
First requal notifications came out on 6 Dec 2018
First-time notifications started about 3 Jan 2019
Numerous reports that all regular notifications will be out by 11 Jan 2019
Initial successful reconsideration appeals reported 15 Jan 2019
First reports of challanges15 Jan 2019
For discussion of GS benefits, please use Consolidated Global Services Thread: Benefits, Questions 2018First-time notifications started about 3 Jan 2019
Numerous reports that all regular notifications will be out by 11 Jan 2019
Initial successful reconsideration appeals reported 15 Jan 2019
First reports of challanges15 Jan 2019
For 2017 qualifications, see the 2017 thread and for 2018, see the 2018 thread
To find your PQDs if >than $12K
Go to
MileagePlus activity since my last statement and it is in the "Account summary" table at the top of the page.
Note this is not just the UA operated PQDs (which is commonly believed to be what matters for GS) but rather your total PQDs.
Definitions
BIS is actual scheduled flight distance (Great Circle Mileage Distance -- GCM) between airports with 500 mile minimum for elites. This is the standard used for Lifetime miles also. Those flying mostly sub-500 segments sometimes prefer to not use the minimum rule.
The definition for CPM is a bit vaguer, especially since CPM is used in multiple different situations.
Believe for the purpose of this thread, GS qualification, folks are using
PQD CPM = UA PQDs / UA BIS
Note there is no direct evidence UA uses this CPM number for GS Qualification but it is a number FTers like to use.
As for BIS, UA does not report this number your account and it needs to be manually tracked.
One way is to make use that PQMs are based on BIS but there may be a multiplier / bonus for high end fares. If always in 2x PQMs, you could divide by 2 to get BIS.
rwsteelers had a good method for determining UA BIS -- the change in Lifetime Miles from the first of the year.
Hello:
To help with collection of qualification metrics for global services, I created a Google Doc. This will be useful for future members. For ease of use, I created a form which feeds into a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet and form does not require a google account and is free to use.
Similar spreadsheets were created in years past, so I'm hoping to continue this tradition. Please take the time to enter your stats into the spreadsheet. Many thanks
LINK to entry form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SYm...xRKZ_EUD8/edit
View responses here ( read only ):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
To help with collection of qualification metrics for global services, I created a Google Doc. This will be useful for future members. For ease of use, I created a form which feeds into a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet and form does not require a google account and is free to use.
Similar spreadsheets were created in years past, so I'm hoping to continue this tradition. Please take the time to enter your stats into the spreadsheet. Many thanks
LINK to entry form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SYm...xRKZ_EUD8/edit
View responses here ( read only ):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
GS Qualifying for 2019 Discussion / Questions
Jan 6, 2019, 12:55 pm
#646
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: EWR
Posts: 894
1) Login to United.com
2) from the home page click on Mileage plus > My Account
3) Click the arrow next to "Balances & Status" then click "Recent Activity"
4) Look for the box "Select Activity Period". Then click the arrow next to it
5) You should then have a drop down box with the activity period. Mine goes all the way back to 2012.
6) Copy and paste the outputs into a spreadsheet. The column you want is the PQD. Then once you have all of the past 3 years, simply run the average function across the columns you're interested in.
Jan 6, 2019, 1:27 pm
#647
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
For the data table being compiled:
2015: $64K PQD / 320K PQM / 130K BIS (went from 1K to GS in Jan 2016) - DEN based
2016: $49K PQD / 185K PQM / 110K BIS (requalified for GS for 2017) - DEN based
2017: $26K PQD / 140K PQM / 100K BIS (GS to 1K for 2018) - DEN based
2018: $52K PQD / 230K PQM / 140K BIS (1K to GS for 2019) - DEN based but moved to Orlando MCO late 2018
Hope this helps.
Just an IT glitch.. will sort itself out, and I'm not worried one bit about it (mine is showing the same conundrum).
I would send in an appeal.
There will be more qualifications trickling through in the next 1-2 weeks, so bear that in mind too.
2015: $64K PQD / 320K PQM / 130K BIS (went from 1K to GS in Jan 2016) - DEN based
2016: $49K PQD / 185K PQM / 110K BIS (requalified for GS for 2017) - DEN based
2017: $26K PQD / 140K PQM / 100K BIS (GS to 1K for 2018) - DEN based
2018: $52K PQD / 230K PQM / 140K BIS (1K to GS for 2019) - DEN based but moved to Orlando MCO late 2018
Hope this helps.
Have check my status every day now for weeks.
The site just updated as 1K this morning.
175k PQM
35 PQS segments
$46K PQD
Ewr based.
All mostly international business to Europe, Tokyo, Australia etc.
Plus a ton of other miles and dollars spent in addition on partner airlines.
Was 1k for last two years and thought this year was shoe in for GS. Especially after last poster with lower stats.
The site just updated as 1K this morning.
175k PQM
35 PQS segments
$46K PQD
Ewr based.
All mostly international business to Europe, Tokyo, Australia etc.
Plus a ton of other miles and dollars spent in addition on partner airlines.
Was 1k for last two years and thought this year was shoe in for GS. Especially after last poster with lower stats.
There will be more qualifications trickling through in the next 1-2 weeks, so bear that in mind too.
Last edited by l etoile; Jan 6, 2019 at 3:09 pm Reason: merge
Jan 6, 2019, 1:38 pm
#648
Join Date: May 2002
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, UA GS/1Mil Flyer, Pond scum on everything else.
Posts: 68
Hello all - I've been looking closely at the Google spreadsheet. Currently we have about 250 responses. Definitely agree with adambrau. Based on the current dataset, one person newly qualified for GS with a PQD spend of $43,180. In contrast one
I'll post more detailed analysis after the Jan 11th date passes. Hopefully we'll have some more data by then. In the meantime for others who have not posted your stats on the Google docs, please do so. See below for the links:
I'll post more detailed analysis after the Jan 11th date passes. Hopefully we'll have some more data by then. In the meantime for others who have not posted your stats on the Google docs, please do so. See below for the links:
Jan 6, 2019, 2:14 pm
#649
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Phila burbs
Programs: UA Global Services, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 176
Great question. Here is how to calculate your 3 year running average:
1) Login to United.com
2) from the home page click on Mileage plus > My Account
3) Click the arrow next to "Balances & Status" then click "Recent Activity"
4) Look for the box "Select Activity Period". Then click the arrow next to it
5) You should then have a drop down box with the activity period. Mine goes all the way back to 2012.
6) Copy and paste the outputs into a spreadsheet. The column you want is the PQD. Then once you have all of the past 3 years, simply run the average function across the columns you're interested in.
1) Login to United.com
2) from the home page click on Mileage plus > My Account
3) Click the arrow next to "Balances & Status" then click "Recent Activity"
4) Look for the box "Select Activity Period". Then click the arrow next to it
5) You should then have a drop down box with the activity period. Mine goes all the way back to 2012.
6) Copy and paste the outputs into a spreadsheet. The column you want is the PQD. Then once you have all of the past 3 years, simply run the average function across the columns you're interested in.
2017: PQD: $69,187; PQM: 150,141
2016: PQD: $40,127; PQM: 164,504
So including 2018 (posted above), my 3 year running average would be: PQD: $46k, PQM: 144k
Jan 6, 2019, 2:22 pm
#650
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: UA GS, BA Gold, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, IHG Gold, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,419
Sure thing, will do. I setup the google spreadsheet to run a pivot table. This should automatically update itself. The pivot table contains breakdown of mean PQM by airport, along with max and min ranges. I can run some more detailed reports after the spreadsheet gets filled with some more data.
Jan 6, 2019, 5:38 pm
#651
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: EWR
Posts: 894
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=2028801570
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jan 6, 2019 at 5:44 pm Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member
Jan 6, 2019, 9:36 pm
#652
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: UA GS, BA Gold, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, IHG Gold, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,419
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Hello flyerbjorn: Absolutely, thanks so much for the suggestion. I do have a pivot table with the home airports, but it shows only the mean/min/max PQD. Is this what you had in mind?? If so click on the spreadsheet tab labelled "Pivot1". If this is not what you had in mind, let me know and I can probably create something. Open to all suggestions....
Hello flyerbjorn: Absolutely, thanks so much for the suggestion. I do have a pivot table with the home airports, but it shows only the mean/min/max PQD. Is this what you had in mind?? If so click on the spreadsheet tab labelled "Pivot1". If this is not what you had in mind, let me know and I can probably create something. Open to all suggestions....
Jan 7, 2019, 11:04 am
#653
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: EWR
Posts: 894
Note that of the approx 250 responses, only 4 were international. So it might be difficult to draw conclusions from such a small sample size:
1 MUC
1 PEK
1 SYD
1 DEN/MEL
Jan 7, 2019, 11:10 am
#654
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: RAP
Programs: UA 1K - 3 MM, CLEAR
Posts: 49
I am still seeing "check back on the 11th" regarding GS renewal. Are others seeing that as well?
Jan 7, 2019, 1:16 pm
#655
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: San Francisco
Programs: United MileagePlus Global Services, Marriot Bonvoy Platinum, National VIP Status
Posts: 11
Is it the norm to find that you've made it to GS via status updates on app/website? I thought i remembered someone saying they called you to welcome you.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jan 7, 2019 at 1:39 pm Reason: Split question out to discussion thread
Jan 7, 2019, 1:40 pm
#656
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.997MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,859
Jan 7, 2019, 3:27 pm
#657
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 575
Is this the first person we've seen qualify as a primary Y flier? I'm curious how you spend $45k on Y tix? At $1k/roundtrip, that's 45 trips in a year...?
Jan 7, 2019, 3:32 pm
#658
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,424
Jan 7, 2019, 3:34 pm
#659
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Programs: Lifetime UA 1K, Lifetime Hilton Diamond, Lifetime Marriott Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 1,261
Jan 7, 2019, 4:24 pm
#660
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: United Global Services, Amtrak Select Executive
Posts: 4,098