The thresholds to earn elite status on the airline's MileagePlus program are going up about 25% and include either spending on a co-branded card or a combination of spending and flying.
The lowest level status, Silver Premier in 2025 will require customers to earn 5,000 premier qualifying points, or PQP, and fly 15 qualifying flights, up from 4,000 premier qualifying points and 12 qualifying flights.
Travelers earn one PQPs for every $1 they spend on United and other qualifying flights.
Earning Silver status only by spending— meaning getting to that status without the qualifying flights — will go for 6,000 points, up from 5,000.
That would mean customers could spend $6,000 on United flights up from $5,000, regardless of the number of flights they take.
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