Has anyone 'traded up' their United status? I'm close to 80K PQM and have heard stories of folks sweet talking agents to get to the Platinum 1K. Last year's tradeup fees was like $3,000 😩😩

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What is Platinum 1K

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I ended the year with 190K PQM. Wish I could sell you some for a low price.

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United needs to introduce a way to qualify based on PQD. I have like $25K but only 85K PQM.

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It's just called 1k. From experience it's not worth it

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Global services gets all upgrades before you do. I switched to AA exec platinum and would never go back

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Ya sorry I was being a smart ass. It's not called Platinum 1K. It's Premier 1K

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I have been a 1K for several years and GS now for co securities years and GS makes sense and 1K doesn't mean much. So, save your $3K for something else unless you can take an expensive trip to see someone for $3K on United that will bridge the gap.

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Are you screwingdriving with the metallic 1K?

But you still didn't fly enough. People can't just spend money on one first class international ticket and then all of a sudden get 1K

@D1: it's the second highest United status which you get after making 100k qualifying miles in a year

I was automatically upgraded to 1K from Platinum during the year, this year. Not sure how or why, but it coincided with the week in which I booked a 900$ domestic round trip.

You got upgraded without actually meeting the 1K reqs? That's amazing

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