Flying to Asia for vacation. Should I use miles, or is it worth using Chase points to "buy" tickets to reach United 1k?

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Worth it to buy using chase points. Big diff between 1k and plat

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Why would you not then? Miles will still be there

1K is a totally different experience. Platinum flyers are a dime a dozen and don't really get much extra vs 1K

What is the big benefit of 1k vs platinum?

1K is top status for upgrades, (after GS which are actually somewhat rare.) Since I made 1k, Ive been upgraded every single flight that wasn’t on Monday morning/ Thursday evening. A decent amount of those flights as well.

(Not based in Houston or Chicago fwiw)

Thanks guys- 1k it is! I was debating because I have a lot more United miles than Chase points and Chase points are more flexible.

1K isn’t really that exciting. Jump from platinum to 1K is meh (although you are much more likely to get upgrade). Real bump is getting to Global Services - although that doesn’t seem a possibility here

Can’t speak from united perspective. But I just bought a flight to Asia using chase points so I could Bank the AA miles and burn my remaining system wide upgrades.

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