~$2,000 to renew United Gold, worth it?

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No not even a question.

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What benefits do you want from gold? Extra leg room? Lounge access on international flights? Just flat out buy them and you’ll spend less than 2k over the year. Looking for upgrades? Don’t count on it as gold, I hardly get them as a 1K.

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Call them and ask to grant you gold. They gave everyone else status 12/4.

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Nah. Do the ITA airways status match then get UA to match you back to them early next year. Free.

If that doesn’t work, do Air Canada status challenge by Jan 15 and you’ll get Star Gold which is almost as good as United gold but you get free lounge access on UA flights.

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No. What will you get for it? A few hours in a lounge you could pay for? Economy plus preferred seating? Maybe (maybe) an upgrade? Could pay that in cash for like 500$ not 2k lol. I was literally in same position as you and did it once and regretted it horribly.

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Only if you plan to fly united more than 20 segments in 2022. Otherwise not worth it.

you'll anyways get a free bag and priority access with silver.

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