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I was United 1K for a few years, now back down to United silver (I fly maybe 20-30 flights a year now, down from 100+ when I was 1K). I would certainly pay a couple hundred dollars to keep United silver to get economy plus seats, but would never pay for anything about that

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Waived same day change fees is the biggest (way underappreciated IMO) perk of 1k. I now pick the first or last flight out and move around as needed (most of the time I can swap with no fare class change). Having a dedicated phone line to call and immediately get a helpful human to reroute me is also super worthwhile.

I never had waived change fees when I was 1K. They must have added it recently, but agree that is nice!

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