About 4000 miles short of united status. Can I buy miles to achieve status?
Is it worth it?

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Nope! Book a coast to coast round trip on the weekend if you’re hitting gold or above. If already gold then don’t bother

I feel your pain. I was 530 miles short for Delta... Made a quick day trip to get the miles.

Yes you can buy. I bought 5000 premier qualifying miles a week or so ago for ~$500 since I wanted to get back to 1k and wasn’t gonna be traveling anymore this year. It shows up in the promo section under existing reservations where they offer additional bags, club access etc

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