Originally Posted by whirledtraveler

Abstract

Executive Platinum (EXP) status is desired by many frequent flyers. This paper will outline a metric, 'goal deviation', which can be used to assess and measure progress toward EXP status on a continual basis.

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Let P be the daily progress constant. We shall define P as 100,000 [1] divided by the number of days in a year (365). We can define our metric as follows. For any current number of miles M and a date D, the 'goal deviation' G is:

GD(D) = M - (P * E(D))

where E(D) is the number of days elapsed since the beginning of the year [2].

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