So end of the year and I’ll be 4K short of United 1k status. Is it worth the approximately $1000 buy in to go over the top?

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Don’t buy in. A mileage run will be cheaper. 1K is absolutely worth it.

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You have to be butt in chair to get the earnings

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Need ass in seat to get the points.
Any travel that you can re-route as a layover for additional points?

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Should only be $400 or so to add it as Premier Accelerator

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The lowest quote I could come up with was $750 on top of having to also buy reward points

Hmmm. Should be $450 for 6k premier accelerator. Of course you need a ticket first. $750 shows up as 6k PQM for me

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I’m going to keep checking. I have two more trips booked and that was the cheapest. I might not be doing right. I’m still a virgin at this.

I'm in a similar situation. Going to eat a mileage run in order to get the GPU's

If you’re on the east coast, why not do a round trip to LAX and back?

The only time I have to travel is Christmas week. If I did that my tombstone would read “He finally made 1K"

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