Or at least offer a challenge. I don't believe they do straight status matches any more.

as PremExec says Exec. Plat = 1K

Get the Chase Mileage Plus Platinum Visa card and you will earn 5000 EQMs after your first purchase.

Here is the link: http://www.firstusa.com/cgi-bin/webc...cont&mkid=6SJS


Then you need 10K more miles so a trip to Europe should get you there. Also keep in mind that ticket purchases made only at United.com will earn up to 5000 EQMs( with a ratio of 1 EQM per dollar spent), but this does not apply to United tickets purchased via phone reservations, as only United.com purchases qualify for this.

UA used to offer 1K. I got mine 5 years ago? I had to fly 20k and they gave me 1k. I did the 20k in Jan and I have kept 1k status for the next 5+ years.

No they won't and thank goodness! If they start status matching 1K off people asking UA to assume that cause they flew a lot in 6 months, it will continue, would have me think twice about status with them. The DEQM (1K lites) was bad enough...

BIS or nothing, start planning a trip.

I had an almost identical situation last year - started traveling in July and finished the year with about 87,000 EQM.

I qualified for 1K in June this year, and would recommend that if you're able to do a mileage run to make 1K, seriously consider doing it, especially if you're typically flying routes where delays and travel problems are frequent. My experience during irrops as a 1K have been a huge improvement over 1P, and flying through ORD every week it has been a big deal for me.

What? UA comps 1K all the time. Just not for the average boob who sends in for a status match.

Only way I can see making 1K in less than flying the 100k miles it takes is MedicineMan's example - you fly 80-90k EQMs in full-fare tickets in a short period, and I'd tend to think a UGS invite would be forthcoming (and of course, UGS are all 1Ks).

Nope. Corporate contracts get 2P, 1P, and GS nominations. No 1k.


I too was bumped up to 1K this year before I reached 100k EQM. I was at about 96k when 1K showed up online, but had flown all of that on high yield international, and received GS about a month later.

The platinum credit card can actually get you 20,000 points if you spend enough:
5,000 bonus at first purchase
5,000 EQM for $5,000 in united.com spend
5,000 EQM for spending more than $35K during a year
5,000 EQM for trading 50,000 choice points

this posters comment doesn't make any sense to me. 5 trans-pac in FIRST?? i would have thought he should have made GS on that alone. i made GS last year with one trans-pac in business and maybe 5 trans-atl in business with various Q and Z fare domestics. what UA status did you end up with in 2008?

Since all GS automatically get 1K, is this a difference that makes no difference?

Yes, there is a big difference between a 1K and a GS.

For some people that's true, but to say they don't give 1K to corporate contracts is very misleading.

No it is not. They do not hand out 1K nominations for corporate contracts. They hand out 2P, 1P, and GS. Sure, you can go the route that GS isn't officially a MP status, but saying that they give out 1K for corporate contracts since GS also get 1K benefits is far more confusing than the route you were going for.

My comment was referring to MayorMcKnife's post stating that corporate contracts get a certain number of GS nominations, and that 1K nominations can be requested as well. He clearly differentiated GS and 1K nominations. I was also referring to pmax's post about asking for a GS nomination, and then a 1K nomination. Again, he clearly differentiated a GS nomination from a 1K nomination, so I don't think people on this thread are confusing the two. There are no 1K nominations.