For those who certified for United Premier standing final 12 months, this one is for you.

When United Airways introduced it could be tougher to qualify for Premier standing in 2023, it softened the blow by promising its Premier members a one-time deposit of Premier qualifying factors for many who certified for standing in 2022. Now, the provide has returned this 12 months.

United has begun depositing these one-time PQPs for 2023 Premier members into their MileagePlus accounts for 2024.

What are United PQP deposits?

United is making one-time PQP deposits. This is what you possibly can count on, based mostly on the standing you certified for in 2023:

• Premier Silver: 250 PQPs
• Premier Gold: 500 PQPs
• Premier Platinum: 750 PQPs
• Premier 1K: 1,250 PQPs

For those who held full Premier standing as of Feb. 1, 2024, you are eligible for a PQP deposit in keeping with your standing stage. For instance, Zach Griff, senior reporter at TPG, earned 1,250 PQPs as a Premier 1K member.

It is price noting that these PQP deposits are decrease in 2024 than they have been in 2023 throughout all 4 standing ranges. The deposits have been reduce in half from final 12 months.

“As our members have largely returned to journey, we’ve adjusted the quantity of the deposit to replicate this,” United’s web site states.

Whereas United stored its elite standing necessities the identical in 2024, the airline did change the way you earn PQPs on spending with an eligible cobranded United bank card. On Jan. 1, 2024, United applied the next adjustments: You will earn 25 PQPs per $500 spent on an eligible cobranded United bank card as a substitute of 500 PQPs for each $12,000.

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What if I purchase up for United elite standing?

Whereas we typically do not suggest shopping for as much as the following United standing tier, what number of PQPs will United deposit to your account in the event you do?

In accordance with United’s web site, you may earn the PQP deposit based mostly in your Feb. 1 standing. So, in the event you bought the standing buy-up earlier than then, you may obtain the PQP deposit out of your new standing. In any other case, count on a PQP deposit from the standing you certified for in 2023.

For those who participated in a standing match problem, it is best to obtain a PQP deposit in the event you efficiently certified for Premier standing earlier than Feb. 1, 2024, per United’s web site. Nevertheless, members who maintain a trial standing or those that have a problem in progress aren’t eligible.

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What does this imply for Million Milers?

For those who’re a United lifetime Premier member, you may obtain a PQP deposit based mostly in your corresponding standing, even in the event you did not fly in 2023.

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