I used to have a lot of air miles with United but they always found a way to increase the threshold just as I was about to get there. It felt like I was constan

I used to have a lot of air miles with United but they always found a way to increase the threshold just as I was about to get there. It felt like I was constantly swiping at air (no pun). Eventually I used to use my skymiles to buy The Economist but then they stopped letting me buy mag subs and expired all my miles. I don't miss them.