Have a couple upcoming trips from NYC to BOS. Acela train would be a much easier option but would like to give it a shot with 1K again… thoughts? Would 4 one way trips between these two destinations be good enough to reach 15000 PQP? I need about 6500 PQP which seems a lot - so flight fares worth $6500?

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6500 pqp will cost more than $6500 because tax and fees dont contribute to pqp. On average it is 20% for tax snd fees. You are looking at $8125 spend with UNITED. you might spend less with partner airlines

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Lastly if you have united credit card and if it gives PQP for spend do it for everything for the rest of the year. I got 1000 pqp.
Secondly if you can you are better off with the pqf and pqp combo. It might be cheaper. The 1000 pqp from credit card spend applies to pqp + pqf criteria. Whereas for the 15000 pqp credit card spend is exluded.
Last, try spending on partner airline for distance based pqp. Esp business class each segment can earn 1500 whereas economy / prem economy is 750 max each segment

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You’ve got a long ways to go. I’m doing weekend mileage runs in December to maintain Gold. Visiting friends

milecalc.com

Not even close

To retain gold I need 13 more flights and about 3000 more PQP, is it worth it to do mileage runs?

As of right now, don't really have travel plans in 2022. It will be tough to sit in regular economy class again lol

I’m doing Chi to BOS weekly and getting about 500-550 pqp per week. First class.

Try partner airlines like air canada, lufthansa. Book business class.

I think there are some promotions like fly to the finish that can help you earn pqp faster

This. Google Fly to the Finish

Yes, so $6500/4 = $1625. So will you spend $1625 per segment? No you won’t on that route (even if you buy first class day of).

They have a promotion going on for November!! Its much less than that. Call them and ask how many points you actually need!!!!!!

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