{"id":14922,"date":"2022-12-05T06:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T06:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/05\/im-one-flight-away-from-united-elite-status-this-is-why-im-not-booking-it\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T06:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T06:34:37","slug":"im-one-flight-away-from-united-elite-standing-that-is-why-im-not-reserving-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/05\/im-one-flight-away-from-united-elite-standing-that-is-why-im-not-reserving-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m one flight away from United elite standing \u2014 that is why I’m not reserving it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the primary time in years, I\u2019m inside attain of elite standing<\/a> on United Airlines<\/a>. And it breaks my coronary heart to say it doesn’t make monetary sense for me to ebook a flight simply to grow to be an entry-level Premier Silver elite.<\/p>\n

I’ve spent greater than sufficient hours on an airplane this yr to be thought of an elite-level frequent flier. Whenever potential, I attempt to ebook these flights on United. But generally, that is not potential.<\/p>\n

When I journey for work, I don\u2019t at all times have full management over the bookings, with another person selecting the airline with the bottom value or with whom the journey company has a partnership. And with airfare skyrocketing this yr, I discovered myself reserving private flights on Southwest Airlines<\/a>, typically with nonpreferred routing, as a result of that airline supplied the most effective offers.<\/p>\n

Still, in early November, I noticed that I’d have sufficient Premier qualifying factors to make United\u2019s 3,000 PQP threshold for Premium Silver, due to a stupidly costly Thanksgiving week journey to Florida. But I additionally needed to meet the requirement for eight Premier qualifying flights \u2013 and I solely had 6 of these pesky PQFs.<\/p>\n

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