How many lifetime miles do you have and how long did it take?
Oct 11, 2019, 1:47 am
#91
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 15,721
Just over 1 million EQM in 33 years of flying CO and UA. It's been a good run but I find less reason to gravitate to UA flights since the CPUs (and cheap TOD upgrades) disappeared for all but GS. The only real incentive to fly UA is free E+ at time of booking and I don't expect that to last forever.
Oct 11, 2019, 1:42 pm
#92
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA 1K since 1998 & 3 Million Miler & ex-GS; DL Diamond 2015-2022; BAEC Silver; Bonvoy LT Titanium
Posts: 1,018
UA 3+MM in 32 years.
Am I aiming for UA 4MM? Heck no! Most of my flying now is on DL. If I had continued to give UA business, then yes, I would be very close to 4MM right now. I would have also lost my mind! But as UA 4MM is not a goal for me, I have no regrets. I am very very happy with DL.
Am I aiming for UA 4MM? Heck no! Most of my flying now is on DL. If I had continued to give UA business, then yes, I would be very close to 4MM right now. I would have also lost my mind! But as UA 4MM is not a goal for me, I have no regrets. I am very very happy with DL.
Oct 11, 2019, 2:58 pm
#93
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
Only 244k in 8 years.
A lot of segments on LH I see over the years.
So not going to come close to MM any time soon.
And with the loophole with PQPs which yield much more on long-haul P fares on *A flights rather than UA flights proper, the incentive is to fly *A partner metal, not UA metal.
That is if I keep trying to qualify for status on MP.
A lot of segments on LH I see over the years.
So not going to come close to MM any time soon.
And with the loophole with PQPs which yield much more on long-haul P fares on *A flights rather than UA flights proper, the incentive is to fly *A partner metal, not UA metal.
That is if I keep trying to qualify for status on MP.
Oct 11, 2019, 4:14 pm
#94
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: The shape-shifting urban sprawl that is El Lay. FT member #71.
Programs: UA Gold & MM; DL & AA credit card dirt status; Hilton Diamond; Marriott Fool's Gold
Posts: 4,690
1.81MM since joining in 1984. Hit lifetime 1MM in late 2003. Traveled very heavily through the 2007 year, then a job change crashed my earning rates (sometimes during this period I would also BIS 25K-50K annually on another carrier, Delta or AA).
Hard to predict when I will hit 2MM. This current year I am at 76K PQM, which is by far my highest level since the end of 2007.
Tend to focus much more on convenience and to some extent - price these days. Have about 22K on AA, and 12K on WN YTD. Those non-UA miles were generally due to preference to fly non-stop. Fairly often I fly between LAX and ATL, and the stress/time drain of connecting in IAH or DEN, pushes me to a non-stop carrier. Most of these trips a UA connection would have been marginally less expensive.
Hard to predict when I will hit 2MM. This current year I am at 76K PQM, which is by far my highest level since the end of 2007.
Tend to focus much more on convenience and to some extent - price these days. Have about 22K on AA, and 12K on WN YTD. Those non-UA miles were generally due to preference to fly non-stop. Fairly often I fly between LAX and ATL, and the stress/time drain of connecting in IAH or DEN, pushes me to a non-stop carrier. Most of these trips a UA connection would have been marginally less expensive.
