United PQP Calculator
United MileagePlus qualifies Premier status on Premier Qualifying Points (PQP), earned at 1 PQP per US dollar of eligible fare — base fare plus carrier surcharges, excluding government taxes. Premier tiers also require flight-segment minimums that sit outside a per-flight calculation.
Enter a route, cabin and fare below to see the PQP a flight earns, on United or Star Alliance partners.
Calculate your PQP
MileagePlus changes its thresholds for flights from 1 January 2027: add your flight date to see the ones that apply.
Add further segments and adjust detail in the full builder after calculating.
MileagePlus status tiers
| Tier | PQP required from zero | From 1 January 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Premier Silver | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Premier Gold | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Premier Platinum | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Premier 1K | 28,000 | 32,000 |
Requirements beyond the threshold
- Premier Silver — At least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express in the calendar year.
- Premier Gold — At least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express in the calendar year.
- Premier Platinum — At least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express in the calendar year.
- Premier 1K — At least four paid flight segments operated by United or United Express in the calendar year.
These apply in addition to the PQP figure, so reaching the number alone does not confer the tier.
The figures shown are the Premier Qualifying Points (PQP) thresholds alone. United also publishes a cheaper flights-plus-points pair at every rung: Silver 15 flights + 5,000 PQP, Gold 30 + 10,000, Platinum 45 + 15,000, 1K 60 + 22,000. Basic Economy fares earn PQP but no Premier Qualifying Flights (PQF), so they can fill the spend side and never the flight side. The window is the fixed calendar year, and status earned in it runs to 31 January of the year after next. On one sterling-filed transatlantic fare we observed about 0.92 PQP per dollar rather than 1.00, so figures here, which follow United's published $1 rule, may run high on similar fares; the cause is not yet resolved.
How we checked this
Checked against United's status pages and a live fare card, 31 August 2026.
Publisher pages read: united.com.
Programmes change their rules without notice — confirm a figure with MileagePlus before you rely on it.
Frequently asked questions
- How are PQP calculated?
- PQP accrue at 1 per US dollar of eligible spend on the fare (base fare plus carrier-imposed surcharges; government taxes excluded). The cabin doesn't change the rate — a more expensive ticket simply earns more PQP.
- Is PQP the only requirement for Premier status?
- No — PQP accumulate across the calendar year, and most Premier tiers pair a PQP threshold with a minimum number of Premier Qualifying Flights (PQF), or offer a higher PQP-only route (Silver 15 PQF + 5,000 PQP or 6,000 PQP, up to 1K at 60 + 22,000 or 28,000), and every tier needs at least four flown United or United Express segments. Co-branded cards also earn PQP from spend (1 per $20, or 1 per $15 on the Club cards) with published calendar-year caps by card — from 1,000 PQP on the Explorer up to 28,000 on the Club cards; card PQP sits outside a flight calculation.
- Do partner flights earn PQP?
- Yes — partner flights on partner-issued tickets earn 1 PQP per 5 award miles on United's preferred partners (or per 6 on standard partners), capped per ticket at 1,500 PQP in First and Business and 750 in Economy and Premium Economy (1,000/500 on standard partners). Tickets issued by United (ticket numbers starting 016) earn 1 PQP per dollar instead — even on partner flights — and bulk fares earn by the operating airline rather than the ticket issuer; our figures model the partner-ticket path. Award-mile percentages come from United's published per-carrier charts, including the domestic carve-outs (Air Canada deep-discount Economy within Canada and Avianca W/S fares within Colombia earn at half the international rate).