The expiration date for elite status is Jan.31 each year. To ensure that you maintain your status from year to year, you will need to complete the PQF and PQP requirements for your status level.
Earning Premier status is based on flying and spending during the previous calendar year. Once you qualify for a Premier status, it is valid from the date you qualified through the end of the following program year. So, it could last more than 12 months.
The Million Miler program, a part of the MileagePlus program, rewards members for extraordinary, long-term loyalty to United. Million Milers enjoy generous annual benefits and lifetime Premier® status.
Your matched status can be extended by completing a required number of PQFs and PQPs on United and United Express flights. Here are the requirements for maintaining matched status after the initial 120-day period: Premier Silver: Fly 4 PQF and earn 1,300 PQP. Premier Gold: Fly 8 PQF and earn 2,600 PQP.
If you're in a hurry to get through the airport, Premier Access will make a big difference for you. Instead of waiting in line to check your bags with everyone else, you can step into a dedicated check-in lane instead. Premier Access priority check-in are available at all airports where United flies.
A Premier Access purchase includes priority check-in, security lane access (where available) and boarding, but it does not include priority baggage handling.
Select Premier members can use the United Club at any time during their travel journey. United Premier Gold (and higher) members have access to the carrier's lounges when traveling internationally on any Star Alliance carrier, regardless of their class of service.
Once you've earned it, the status is valid for the remainder of the year, as well as the entirety of the following year. This means that if you earned the status in January, you'd have 1K status for nearly two years. » Learn more: The best first class airline in the U.S.
You can also earn PQP by redeeming MileagePlus miles for United or United Express award flights or by using one of our eligible co-branded credit cards for everyday purchases.
American Airlines offers two lifetime statuses: Gold and Platinum. To obtain Gold for life, you need to have reached 1,000,000 miles and 2,000,000 for platinum.
The program year with United Airlines runs through Jan. 31 of the following year. Thus, your status is good for the year you earn it, all of the following year and a month into the next year. United also has PlusPoints, which are awarded at the United Platinum status level and above and used to confirm upgrades.
It offered several tiers to frequent fliers that ranged from limitless travel for several years, right up to a lifetime of first class flights. The $250,000 price of the top-tier AAirpass is equivalent to about $800,000 today, accounting for inflation.
Premier members enjoy benefits like complimentary access to Economy Plus® and preferred seating, waived fees, upgrades, priority travel services and more.
Have United MileagePlus elite status. Those who earn Star Alliance Gold status through United MileagePlus (including Premier Gold, Platinum, and 1K members) can access United Clubs during same day international travel.
Premier Access: United Premier Silver members get access to premium check-in, preferred screening airport security lanes where available and an earlier boarding group (Group 2) than general, nonelite MileagePlus members.
According to United's 2020 Annual Report (Form 10-K) about 20% of those enjoy some level of premier status. That amounts to 20,000,000 elites. Of those, about two-tenths of one percent, or 0.2%, are 1K's, which corresponds with 40,000. Fewer than 5% of 1K's are Global Services (GS), which sets the upper bound at 2,000.
Does United Premier Gold status get you lounge access? Yes it does, since United Gold status is also Star Alliance Gold status. This means you and one travel companion can enjoy lounge access on international itineraries, even when flying in economy class.
Group 2 on United boards after pre-boarding and Group 1. This group includes passengers who hold United Premier Silver or Star Alliance Silver status, those who've purchased Premier Access or priority boarding and most United credit cardholders.
Yes, Premier Access and TSA PreCheck are two completely separate things. Premier Access is granted via flying in business/first class or having elite status. TSA PreCheck is a program that you register and pay for, unless you get assigned it randomly from time to time.
Those flying in economy or Economy Plus do not get Premier Access benefits unless they have United elite status, Star Alliance Gold status, an eligible United credit card or have purchased the Premier Access add-on. Passengers flying in business class, first class or United Polaris also receive Premier Access.
