Round-up of qualification requirements for Elite membership
I'm listing the differences here so that it's easier to keep things straight... and also taking the oportunity to predict sudden FTer mass migration to
Ecuador Colombia.
Premium
Colombia- 28.000 km
- 25 LAN / TAM segments
Ecuador- 35.000 km
- 36 LAN / TAM segments
Everyone else
(Argentina, Chile, Perú, Germany, France, Canada, Brazil, US, Uruguay, Mexico, Spain, UK, Australia, NZ, others)- 40.000 km
- 30 LAN / TAM segments
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Premium Silver
Colombia- 55.000 km
- 35 LAN / TAM segments
- 30.000 km + 2 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Ecuador- 60.000 km
- 72 LAN / TAM segments
- 30.000 km + 2 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Perú- 65.000 km (minimum 32.500 km on LAN / TAM)
- 55 LAN / TAM segments
- 40.000 km + 8 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, France (sites still showing 2012 rules)- 80.000 km
- 60 LAN / TAM segments
- 40.000 km + 4 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Everyone Else
Chile, Brazil, Canada, Germany, México, US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, others- 80.000 km (minimum 40.000 km on LAN / TAM)
- 60 LAN / TAM segments
- 40.000 km + 6 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
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Comodoro
Colombia- 100.000 km
- 70 LAN / TAM segments
- 50.000 km + 4 segments on LAN / TAM Business
Ecuador- 100.000 km
- 120 LAN / TAM segments
- 50.000 km + 4 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Perú- 130.000 km (minimum 65.000 km on LAN / TAM)
- 85 LAN/TAM segments
- 80.000 km + 10 medium or long haul segments on LAN or TAM Business
Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, France (sites still showing 2012 rules)- 150.000 km
- 100 LAN / TAM segments
- 90.000 km + 6 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
Everyone else
(Chile, Brazil, Australia, Canada, México, Germany, USA, UK, New Zealand, others)- 150.000 km (minimum 75.000 km on LAN / TAM)
- 100 LAN / TAM segments
- 80.000 km + 8 medium or long haul segments on LAN / TAM Business
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Comodoro Black
Everyone- 210.000 km on LAN / TAM
- 180.000 km + 16 medium or long haul segments on LAN/TAM Business
Kilometers can be on LAN or oneworld flights in a calendar year. This also includes LAN Premium Business km bonuses, TAM Business and First bonuses and LAN or TAM high-fare km bonuses. From 2013 onwards, flights sold by LAN, with a LAN code and operated by TAM also earn qualifying kms.
In all cases there's a 4 segments on LAN / TAM requirement.
Medium or long haul flights are "international flights with a distance of more than 1600 km between stops". There's a list here, but it's missing some flights that fit the description.
Updated with recent changes, some country-sites (Argentina, Uruguay, France, Spain) haven't been updated so far (FEB 2013)
Last edited by andreadbc; Feb 8, 2013 at 10:30 am