Earning UA MileagePlus Status in 2024 for 2025; JumpStart posted
Feb 7, 2024, 3:58 am
#46
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
I guess that I get 1250 PQP starter, as 1K.
Feb 9, 2024, 9:00 am
#49
Join Date: Feb 2024
Posts: 1
Was just checking and - yes - got my 1250 starter points too. One thing I wasn't able to work out though - are PQPs earned through Club Card spend going to count towards the 24,000 1K points-only qualification this year? Last year card PQPs only counted for points-only qualification up to Platinum.
Feb 9, 2024, 9:02 am
#50
Join Date: Dec 2022
Programs: UA1K
Posts: 464
Was just checking and - yes - got my 1250 starter points too. One thing I wasn't able to work out though - are PQPs earned through Club Card spend going to count towards the 24,000 1K points-only qualification this year? Last year card PQPs only counted for points-only qualification up to Platinum.
Feb 9, 2024, 11:02 am
#53
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,517
All premier members should have gotten an email.
Feb 9, 2024, 11:02 am
#54
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,878
Received the email this morning and my 500 (lowly gold) PQP were already in my account when I looked
Feb 9, 2024, 11:34 am
#55
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS, ZQN
Programs: UA PP (2MM), BA gold
Posts: 2,202
I received my 750 email today. A waste as I consider myself a free agent (since 2mil) and have been booking OW and not *A for 1st 1/2 of this year. After the change I find 1K too hard to achieve.
Feb 9, 2024, 4:03 pm
#57
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Los Angeles, California
Programs: United, American, Delta, Hyatt, Hilton, Hertz, Marriott
Posts: 14,807
Feb 10, 2024, 12:06 am
#58
Join Date: May 2001
Location: RNO, NV, USA.
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 5,063
750 PQP for me too. 😳 After many years I am no longer 1K, merely 2MM = Platinum. UA has dropped me, with their increased qualification requirements. 🙁
Feb 14, 2024, 11:31 am
#59
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: northeast coast of Florida
Programs: UA 1K - 2MM, Lifetime Hilton Diamond, Lifetime Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 10,422
My starter PQP deposit of 1,250 miles also happened on 2/1. As of the conclusion of my current trip tomorrow, I will be at 6,652 PQP and 18 segments towards 2025 status.
Feb 17, 2024, 10:02 pm
#60
Join Date: Sep 2022
Programs: United Mileage Plus
Posts: 742
Just made Platinum. Usually have gone for Gold but last year a J saver award redemption to Australia put me over to Platinum.
Never interested in stretching to Platinum, since one of the main benefits I look for is Star Alliance Gold.
Already have 5600 PQP this year and have booked two more J flights which will net me over 8000 more PQP.
So I am set for Gold and probably close to Platinum.
Want to book a couple more flights and for the first time in over 10 years, I'm thinking of booking TATL on AF or KLM instead of UA/Star Alliance.
I could conceivably hit around 24k PQP if I went only Star Alliance. But there's no benefit to accruing miles. The redemptions right now are ridiculous so no need to accumulate tons of miles on one airline. Also have a bunch of Amex MR and Chase Ultimate points. It's going to be hard to redeem those for value unless I pay some ridiculous extortionate prices like 500k or more for a round-trip TATL or TPAC redemption.
Never interested in stretching to Platinum, since one of the main benefits I look for is Star Alliance Gold.
Already have 5600 PQP this year and have booked two more J flights which will net me over 8000 more PQP.
So I am set for Gold and probably close to Platinum.
Want to book a couple more flights and for the first time in over 10 years, I'm thinking of booking TATL on AF or KLM instead of UA/Star Alliance.
I could conceivably hit around 24k PQP if I went only Star Alliance. But there's no benefit to accruing miles. The redemptions right now are ridiculous so no need to accumulate tons of miles on one airline. Also have a bunch of Amex MR and Chase Ultimate points. It's going to be hard to redeem those for value unless I pay some ridiculous extortionate prices like 500k or more for a round-trip TATL or TPAC redemption.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 18, 2024 at 12:36 am Reason: This thread is for earning UA status, let's stay with related discussion