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*** 2024 GS Notification Thread*** (including first time qualifiers & challenges)
#871
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: UA GS 1MM / Hilton Diamond / Bonvoy Gold / Hertz PC
Posts: 406
Here’s the deal. Nobody but me knows anything about my travel patterns or when or why I travel. {N]obody else does either. I’m not simply switching because I don’t feel “valued.” AS has worked PERFECTLY for my travel thus far this year. It’s nice to try another airline, which is exactly what I’m doing. And other airlines where I’d usually bend my schedule to take UA. I’ll still fly UA, and I’ll easily make 1K. And frankly I’ll probably hit the GS challenge as well. As someone else said upthread, it’s been nice to break out of a comfort zone.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 4, 2024 at 10:12 pm Reason: QUote updated to reflect moderator edits; let be less personal in responses
#872
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO / LHR
Programs: UA GS 2.2MM / UC / AS Gold 75K / Bonvoy Plat / Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,050
AS doesn’t offer even close to a competitive product to UA on Transcons, SFO-EWR/IAD. Widebodies with Polaris suites are no comparison to the 73M, let alone the frequency. AS has no invitation-only program and a limited network - I’d choose 1K on a Global airline over G75 on AS any day.
#873
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA LT Plat 2MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 68,317
While it is fine to disagree on the issues, let's stay away from criticizing each other on their choices. It is their choice for their reasons. Fine to state your choices which may be different but it is not our role or of any value to the discussion to criticize others for their travel choices.
WineCountryUA
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#874
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: UA GS 1MM / Hilton Diamond / Bonvoy Gold / Hertz PC
Posts: 406
AS doesn’t offer even close to a competitive product to UA on Transcons, SFO-EWR/IAD. Widebodies with Polaris suites are no comparison to the 73M, let alone the frequency. AS has no invitation-only program and a limited network - I’d choose 1K on a Global airline over G75 on AS any day.
#875
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 15,320
#877
formerly wchinchen
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Honolulu
Programs: AA CK, BA Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,635
(snip).... and GS status with UA offers one very compelling benefit that saves us a ton of money -- XN to PN saves us $10k per trip -- it's a simple financial transaction to us -- and UA clearly values that.... We take 12 trips per year and cost UA virtually nothing I guess -- we are the customers they want - for now..... They assume they will get all the other business they are used to - but they've identified the business they could easily lose -- very short term focused -- but well played....
My comments were moreso directed at folks who can control their spend (not bound by UA corporate contracts) and have an opportunity to try different airlines due to loss of GS status; rather than blindly trying to get GS again. One poster even mentioned just giving UA 18k to get GS back.
I don't think most flyers are in your shoes were they can get 10's of thousands of dollars of free flights out of GS, or maybe they can??
#878
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: anywhere and everywhere
Programs: UA GS, AS MVP 100K, DL Diamond, Marriot Lifetime Titanium, AmEx Centurion
Posts: 5,696
This year I redeemed 7 round trip XY tickets upgraded to PN with PP so conservatively at $3k each that’s still $21k. It’s a no-brainer for me since I’ll do just as many this year…and a $3k biz class trip to Europe (x4), South Africa (x2), or Australia (x1) is massively conservative by anyone’s valuation.
I might also be in the minority, but I suspect there are more of us who will get a great value out of this.
#879
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: UA GS 1MM / Hilton Diamond / Bonvoy Gold / Hertz PC
Posts: 406
No corporate discounts here. Small partnership where we only book economy and anything upfront is out of pocket. So either way coming out of my pocket. A good amount of personal flying in there too.
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#880
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA GS 2MM
Posts: 974
So, are there any conclusions to be drawn from United’s GS selection this time? I know it’s all guesswork but do we feel PQD earned on corporate discount programs were disqualified or reduced? Did a CPM threshold (versus total spend) take precedence? We’ll never know but it’s interesting to try to reverse engineer these kind of things.
#881
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 5
Next year
So, are there any conclusions to be drawn from United’s GS selection this time? I know it’s all guesswork but do we feel PQD earned on corporate discount programs were disqualified or reduced? Did a CPM threshold (versus total spend) take precedence? We’ll never know but it’s interesting to try to reverse engineer these kind of things.
#882
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: anywhere and everywhere
Programs: UA GS, AS MVP 100K, DL Diamond, Marriot Lifetime Titanium, AmEx Centurion
Posts: 5,696
however, I don’t think the whining will be as bad as you think. The reason Delta got impacted so badly is that there are probably hundreds of thousands of credit card holders who were impacted by the club policy. The number of 1K members will be impacted, of course, is significantly less. remember, to some degree FT and similar forums are echo chambers
#883
Moderator: Trip Reports
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 3,815
I think another thing we might all be underestimating is the importance of Chase card spend for future 1K and GS qualification. It's clear that UA are aware of how much is at stake and want to close the gap between Amex Air (Delta) and AA. I'm convinced I got the nod for GS this year as a result of high card PQP (but I have zero evidence) along with my highest PQP overall and segment count.
#884
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 126
Just some data points. My CPM was .75. That’s much higher than many people invited back to GS. So I think the corporate discount thing mattered more.
I keep reading people assuming that corporate discounts are exclusive contracts and the companies who negotiate them get to award GS status. That definitely was NOT true with my company.
I don’t think Chase card spend mattered that much either. At least not yet. My United spend was $130k. My Chase card spend was about the same. And I’m now a 1k.
Based solely on my data, I would say if you get a corporate discount with United, you will not be a GS. End of story. So if there is any conclusion based on what me and my coworkers experienced this year, it’s simply that if you purchase United tickets using a corporate discount, nothing else matters. You will not be a GS. Useful info if you work for a company that allows you to buy tickets on any airline. There is no incentive to spend more on United than what is required to achieve 1k. Much better to spread the spending around. Especially since American and Delta have not yet cut off their invitation only status to people like me. Yet….
I keep reading people assuming that corporate discounts are exclusive contracts and the companies who negotiate them get to award GS status. That definitely was NOT true with my company.
I don’t think Chase card spend mattered that much either. At least not yet. My United spend was $130k. My Chase card spend was about the same. And I’m now a 1k.
Based solely on my data, I would say if you get a corporate discount with United, you will not be a GS. End of story. So if there is any conclusion based on what me and my coworkers experienced this year, it’s simply that if you purchase United tickets using a corporate discount, nothing else matters. You will not be a GS. Useful info if you work for a company that allows you to buy tickets on any airline. There is no incentive to spend more on United than what is required to achieve 1k. Much better to spread the spending around. Especially since American and Delta have not yet cut off their invitation only status to people like me. Yet….
#885
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: anywhere and everywhere
Programs: UA GS, AS MVP 100K, DL Diamond, Marriot Lifetime Titanium, AmEx Centurion
Posts: 5,696
based on the posts upthread, it seems pretty well established that the corporate discount is an automatic excluder, or at least nearly automatic excluder. I know some people have thought CPM matters in the past, but there has been no anecdotal correlation, like there was with total united metal spend. we keep throwing CPM out there, but it seems the weakest data point we have so far.