Worth buying miles to reach status on United? I have no status but trying to get to it soon

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How much and what level?

Need 15k miles to get to silver, costing about $500

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Silver status won’t get you much, esp. if your home airport is a United hub. I don’t think you see material benefits until Gold (partner airline lounge access, etc).

You can also get a lot of perks for free the first year of signing up for United’s CCs

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