Will be 900 points short of united 1k by jan 31. Do not have any plans to travel at the moment. Do you think a call can get me the upgrade to 1k next year?
Does it make sense to fly a random weekend for ~1k$ to get to 1K?

TIA for your thoughts

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It's already too late. Qualification year ends on 12/31

You should get a buy up offer though but prob like $5k lol

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