United premier status without flying

[zow]

What class are you flying?

Paid economy. K Class.

[yelped]

Paid economy. K Class.

Mine was L class. Said Premier Access, though. Not priority access.

[shapsam]

Mine was L class. Said Premier Access, though. Not priority access.

If it says premier access you'll get all the benefits not just priority boarding, must be a glitch.

[Coinguy]

I thought if you spent $25k on the explorer card you get platinum.

[ilherman]

I thought if you spent $25k on the explorer card you get platinum.

Wishful dreams.....

[Coinguy]

Wishful dreams.....

Another benefit for United Elite members is that if they spend $25K in a year on the card it will waive the requirement to spend $2.5K on United flights to get Silver status, $5K on United flights to get Gold status, and $7.5K on United flights to get Platinum status. You only need to fly the 25K, 50K, or 75K miles like in the good old days.


What does this mean then? From DDMS.

[nafnaf12]

Another benefit for United Elite members is that if they spend $25K in a year on the card it will waive the requirement to spend $2.5K on United flights to get Silver status, $5K on United flights to get Gold status, and $7.5K on United flights to get Platinum status. You only need to fly the 25K, 50K, or 75K miles like in the good old days.


What does this mean then? From DDMS.

in order to obtain stauts you need both flying miles and PQD Premier Qualifying Dollar (money spent on flights only.)
There is no way to avoid the flying miles requirement
But in regards to the PQD you can either change your address to out of the US and it's waived all the way through to premier 1k (where normally 12k is required)
Or spend 25k on your united card and have the PQD waived up to platinum.

[CDKing]

Marriott Platinum gets you Silver on United

https://mrrewardsplus.com/en_US/