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Old Apr 10, 2012, 3:55 pm
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Boogie711
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Originally Posted by gradsflyer
Pardon me but I'm confused how you lost your gold status? Redeeming miles for awards (RDMs) does not cause you to loose PQMs, these are not the same thing. If you earned gold during 2011 you get to keep it for all of 2012.
Ummm... yes, it totally does cause you to lose PQMs.

If you use cash to book (for example) a flight to HKG, you earn just shy of 20k EQMs (or PQM's or whatever else they're called now.)

If you use RDMs (or miles, or whatever else they're called) to fly to HKG, you earn zero PQMs.
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