Club promotion 2/14-17 (5,000pqm)
Feb 15, 2013, 2:25 pm
#106
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: AA PLT, Marriott LTP
Posts: 493
I too received the 1K PQM offer but am also waiting. Anyone from US out there listening? For a measly 4K PQM's per person extra, I think you would see a nice influx of cash.....
Feb 16, 2013, 7:22 pm
#107
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: American Airlines Platinum, National Executive
Posts: 3,790
Feb 16, 2013, 8:18 pm
#108
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: US Chairman's Preferred
Posts: 237
Feb 17, 2013, 9:42 am
#109
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: AA PPro, Mariott Ambassador, B6 Mosaic, SBUX Gold, Best Buy Elite
Posts: 1,838
Does anyone know if you let your membership lapse (waiting for a better offer). Do you have to pay the initiation fee again?
Feb 17, 2013, 9:50 am
#110
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: The Phoenix Desert
Programs: Hilton Cubic Zirconia, Marriott Fools Gold
Posts: 1,692
Feb 18, 2013, 7:09 am
#111
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: American Airlines Platinum, National Executive
Posts: 3,790
Can someone tell me why I should NOT just get an AmEx platinum card?
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
Feb 18, 2013, 9:07 am
#112
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: AA EXP: : SPG Plat; HH Gold
Posts: 239
I've been thinking along the same lines.....
Feb 18, 2013, 10:43 am
#113
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Lifetime Plat, SPG Plat, AMEX Plat, Hertz PC, Travels too Much Platinum
Posts: 3,290
Can someone tell me why I should NOT just get an AmEx platinum card?
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
- No United Club access.
- To use AA or DL lounges, you must be flying the same carrier. For the US Clubs, it doesn't matter who you're flying so long as you can get to the US Club behind security.
If you don't need United Club access, the AMEX card may be a better route for you, especially given that there are other benefits to the card beyond just lounge access.
Feb 18, 2013, 11:24 am
#115
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Lifetime Plat, SPG Plat, AMEX Plat, Hertz PC, Travels too Much Platinum
Posts: 3,290
Can someone tell me why I should NOT just get an AmEx platinum card?
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
$450 annual fee gets a $200 credit for airline fees AND US and AA and DL lounge access. So I'd basically be getting lounge access for $250.
I assume that our United Club access and Star Alliance lounge access will vanish at some point soon, and so I'd otherwise be paying $300-something for US Club access.
Feb 18, 2013, 11:28 am
#116
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: American Airlines Platinum, National Executive
Posts: 3,790
The only time I need lounge access to other airlines' lounges, at least these days, is at EWR, and I use the United Club in terminal A when flying US. I assume that our United Club access will vanish...but if we pay for US + UA Club + *A lounge access when we renew our US club access for a year, maybe they couldn't be taken away during that year?
Feb 26, 2013, 2:23 am
#117
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: CHI
Programs: UA 1K, MR Titanium, IHG Gold, National Exec
Posts: 3,842
I'm losing AC*SE in 2 days but I have an Amex Plat so US Clubs aren't a concern to me but I am gravely concerned about losing UC/MLL access... the only problem is that I don't want to spend $425 (including initiation fee) to buy US Club membership only to lose *A lounge access at the end of the year. 
If US offered 5k PQMs I'd buy in a heartbeat regardless of what happens though!
If US offered 5k PQMs I'd buy in a heartbeat regardless of what happens though!
Feb 28, 2013, 8:10 pm
#118
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: American Airlines Platinum, National Executive
Posts: 3,790
I haven't seen a better offer than 1,000 Preferred miles come through.
Sorry, US, I'll be using AmEx Platinum from now on for Club access unless a better offer comes soon.
Sorry, US, I'll be using AmEx Platinum from now on for Club access unless a better offer comes soon.
Mar 3, 2013, 9:19 am
#119
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PIT
Programs: Marriott Platinum, USDM Gold, National Exec Elite, IHG Dumped-now Kettle, SPG Platinum
Posts: 1,787
I'm trying to hold off, but with 26 segments coming in the next 3 months, I may have to just pull the trigger.
Mar 3, 2013, 9:53 am
#120
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: US Chairman's Preferred
Posts: 237
For what it is worth, I asked one of the dragon ladies at the Philly club whether she was expecting any higher PQM offers in the next 30 days, and she said "no".