Just checked mystatus and was greeted with the insulting Kirby “Welcome to 1K” letter which is new. Does this letter appear if they’ve reviewed an account and it didn’t qualify for GS? I know I know Jan 12, but seems like they’re doing rolling account reviews this year so just wondering if others are seeing this letter on mystatus.

I'm currently 1K (ORD, 54K PQP on 70 segments, ~40K PQP the last two years) and the welcome to 1K letter just popped up on mystatus as of today - hopefully they're still reviewing/it could change but not feeling super hopeful. I also got an email from them last Wednesday that something in my MileagePlus account had been updated, but I didn't see any changes - not sure if that meant anything.

So today, my status tracker has changed to include a stupid letter from Kirby saying welcome to 1K status. I assume this means I didn't make GS. With this much flying last year (over 58K PGP on United metal in 49 segments) I don't know how I'd ever make it. I wonder if that segment that they pushed me on an Air Canada from Paris after they canceled the UA flight screwed me. I've asked for Original Routing Credit but their customer service is so clueless that they think I wanted to make sure that I got the miles credited. Is there a way to appeal for GS or do a challenge if you weren't previously GS? I'm pretty disappointed and feel like simply switching off UA at this point.

My main account has been locked out and I’ve tried contacting support for over two weeks. Anyhow - received notification on Jan 3rd. Welcome Letter popped up today on the website and also for the first time there’s an tile in the app with a congratulations message. I also received a phone call today.

SFO based
$51,500 UA PQP
47 PQF
47 CPM
11th year and 2MM, which I think matters - I’m bumping between $50-80k / year consistently except 2020.

Interesting dynamic this year with colleagues with slightly more spend not seeming to get a renewal so far.

Pretty much the same situation for me. I had that happen twice to me this year, once was switched onto Eurowings (ugh) because my Polaris flight was cancelled and then a second time was switched onto Air New Zealand because we would have misconnected (also in Polaris). Unlike you I didn't try to get the original routing credit of PQP because it seemed like more effort than it was worth.

Even with that, I had 6 Polaris segments out of IAH with around 56k PQP (~52k PQP UA metal w/o starter PQP) and 72 PQF and around 50 CPM. I really thought I had a shot this year especially considering that I have ~15K PQP worth of UA metal booked for the first two months of the year and know people who got it in IAH with less in previous years.

Really hoping to see something different in the next two days!

Called GS desk. They said they are still processing and that the 1K invite means nothing and I need to wait until the 3rd week of January. We shall see...

Do you have a lifetime United Club card? My expiration date is in 2099 but seriously doubt I will make it that long. My (lifetime) GS expiration date is still sitting at 2025. So I am hoping they are both wrong, especially the GS expiration date!

Hang in there, for whatever reason GS approvals are done in batches and some people end up later in the process.

I also got the welcome letter for 1K today. Im relatively new to flying United the past year and half or so. I made 1K last year and have 85,000 PQP this year and 40 PQF. Pretty much all Polaris business class flights to Asia and I live in an AA/SWA hub city. Hoping to make GS but the 1K letter had me wondering.

Be patient, you have another of couple of weeks as they go through their process. The 1K requirements are clear and published, announcements can go out automatically. UA has an unpublished threshold for GS and the review process has always started earlier and taken longer. I would take your 1K announcement as a good sign that things are being processed on time.

Remember UA bases GS on flying UA metal. If your numbers were all on UA metal you have nothing to worry about. But only United and United Express operated flights, not codeshares or partner flights.

A co-worker just requalified on ~35K PQP and 10 PQF out of EWR. He had 90K+ PQP the year before, so that may have been a factor.

Wow - that's impressive -- I had $25.7k on 16 PQF -- and I thought that was Kardashian level.... Maybe they will take pity on me after a dozen years of GS -- not holding my breath....

yeah it’s seeming more and more that it’s cpm based. I think United made way more profit on that person than someone who spent 50k PQP on 100 segments.

For what it's worth, I wouldn't read anything into the welcome to 1K letter. My app updated about a week ago, but I got the welcome to GS letter for the first time last night also. You did technically qualify for 1K, so it may just be that the system sent everyone a letter based on their current status. UA has been very clear that they'll tell everyone by Friday afternoon so hoping for good news for you then. My first time qualifying, I only heard at the last minute, I believe many of those who are hearing early are requalifying. Also, with your stats I'd be shocked if you don't get it.

Out of EWR and a 3MM. GS since Continental merger but last year had to do a challenge to become GS again because of 2022 PQP low at 37,228 (like many people my international travel was way decreased post-COVID). In 2023 PQP 76,770 with 63,466 PQP on United metal. 126 segments with 142,529 odometer air miles as I progress towards 4MM. Domestic travel is unfortunately always booked in coach with cheap tickets due to company policies. However overseas always is in Polaris.

Still no word for me about GS for 2024.

while qualifications could (should) have something to do with the profitability of a customer (cpm as an example), the segment metric isn't a great indication without context.

From a hub, 100+ segments in Y would be a lot of revenue, but likely low margins. 100 segments in J, is something entirely different.

Now factor a non hub where you have no choice but to make a connection to most destinations - the flights from outstations in both Y and J aren’t 2x the price from a hub. So in this case a high segment count tells a 3rd and completely different story.

While it has some value, I’d be very surprised if segment count alone has anything to do with qualification.

Tonight.... we may finally be getting to our conclusion as some have stated

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