What we do to requalify

Posted on January 6, 2009 under xn--omr06vg8k1ys.com edit

  • Well, I had to bite the bullet today ...

    I'm 11 segment short of Gold Medallion ... and I've got plans for six segments through the end of the year, so today I had to go ahead and buy a ticket just to rack up five more segments.

    I'm flying MSY-ATL-MCO-SRQ-MCO-ATL-MSY on December 12. Total cost ... $158.00. Not too bad, considering I'll earn 6500 and some change in milage for the trip (6x500 miles for the segments + 100% milage bonus + change for charging it on my SkyMiles AMEX), plus I'll get to spend six hours with my brother in SRQ.

    I remember one time on a flight sitting next to PM in 1996 in December who was flying seven segments in one day to requalify (back then though he got to sit in First since they allowed L class upgrades). He said he paid less than $200 for the ticket.

    Any other requalification tales out there?


  • the whole year: when I buy/book my transatlantic-tickets I often include one small "hopp" at my final destination (I avoid UA shuttle, must be UA Express for the minimum-miles).

    Examples (all on UA): Frankfurt - IAD (I include a final "hopp" to Baltimore, gives 1'000 status miles extra on a return ticket, the transatlantic ticket costs the same).

    LAX ("hopp" to SNA = Santa Ana, Orange County, in add to the 1'000 extra status-miles, it is a very convenient airport).

    etc. etc. etc.

    instead of flying Frankfurt-IAD-San Francisco I might fly FRA-JFK-SFO for the same price but about 500 status-miles more on a return ticket).

    Instead of flying Europe-IAD-SEA I might book Europe-IAD-SFO (stay of not more than 23 hours 59 minutes, enough time for a 49er game) - SEA (on return = ca. 1'700 status-miles more, ticket is same price).


  • Beckles, thanks for an excellent routing for some miles/segments. I can get to SRQ pretty easily.I may do this for an overnight in MSY as well as getting the bonus miles for more segments than last year.

    jamiel


  • Beckles:

    late last year, i was 9 segments short of qualifying for silver medallion when delta announced a ridiculously low fare of $99 roundtrip from miami to seattle. to take advantage of it, i flew from pensacola to miami for $149 (a 50% price increase for 80% less miles...) anyway, the only flights i could get for the $99 fare was leaving miami at 6am on a saturday, and returning from seattle on a 12midnight red-eye flight (that same night).

    so after $250, a PNS-MCO-MIA-MCO-ATL-SEA-ATL-MCO-MIA-MCO-PNS flight, and no sleep for 36 hours, was it worth it? you bet. we frequent flyers are a sick bunch, but we're lovable...







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