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Well it becomes useful if any of the legs in award travel are in Y for whatever reason. At least he can go to lounge using his status.
Also UA 1K *G entitles him extra luggage allowance.
Still doesn't make sense.
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They allow a challenge to match based on existing status, so still needed to have something.
Also, UA don't match to 1K: Airline Status Match Master Thread: 2012 - Page 7 - FlyerTalk Forums
Closest I can find for a 1K challenge is this: United 1K Status Challenge Information | The Points Guy
However.. you still need to match from somewhere!