Wait, what? I'm Platinum for next year? AND i got PlusPoints?!
I just got back from our annual holiday trip to Australia and I'm sitting here at 7am jet lagged and slowly combing through 2 months of low-priority emails and notice there's a United Airlines survey to earn 500 miles. Fine, I'll do it. "Did our recent email informing you that we've decided to extend your Platinum status through 2027 have any impact on yo---" WAIT, WHAT?! Dig through my inbox and sure enough, on the 16th of January: …and it's not just the status, I have 40 shiny new PlusPoints sitting in my account! (My flight home from Australia was in Polaris thanks to last year's PlusPoints). Keep in mind, I barely crossed the finish line for Gold this year (12,200 PQPs), and barely crossed the line for Platinum the year before. Prior to that, I've only ever been Gold or Silver. No idea what set of marketing / AI parameters selected me for this, but I'll take it. I love that this happens the same week that United is sending out ghastly e...