Year end review: Did you make your eleite levels?
Nov 17, 1999, 4:36 pm
#1
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Location: Pasadena, CA. USA
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Year end review: Did you make your eleite levels?
With less than 45 days to go in 1999, hopefully you have already made your elite level (re)qualificatios or have made plans to!
Here is a survey to see how your fellow FlyerTalkers will be doing for year 2000.
For me:
American Airlines
'99 - Platinum (via Platinum challenge)
'00 - Gold (by miles)
United Airlines
'99 - Premier Executive (via miles)
'00 - Premier Executive (may have to take a short 2k flight before year end to reach 50k)
1999 actual flight miles: ~77k miles
Percent business: 9%
Percent leisure: 91 %
2000 goal: Focus on one airline or airline alliance!
[This message has been edited by kyklin (edited 11-17-1999).]
Here is a survey to see how your fellow FlyerTalkers will be doing for year 2000.
For me:
American Airlines
'99 - Platinum (via Platinum challenge)
'00 - Gold (by miles)
United Airlines
'99 - Premier Executive (via miles)
'00 - Premier Executive (may have to take a short 2k flight before year end to reach 50k)
1999 actual flight miles: ~77k miles
Percent business: 9%
Percent leisure: 91 %
2000 goal: Focus on one airline or airline alliance!
[This message has been edited by kyklin (edited 11-17-1999).]
Nov 17, 1999, 4:51 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: DEN, UA PE, Hilton Gold, ** Reactivate Delete Feature**
Posts: 650
This was my first full year of frequent flying, so I had no status coming into 1999.
United Airlines
2000 Premier - June
2000 Premier Executive - Nov (the flight back from PiP)
Miles by the end of 1999: 53K (all UA)
15% Business
85% Pleasure
Last year I had 14K business miles from Oct thru year end, but this year it was only 8K all year. So, it's hard to guess what the mix will be next year (but unlikely to be enough for PremEx 1K.)
United Airlines
2000 Premier - June
2000 Premier Executive - Nov (the flight back from PiP)
Miles by the end of 1999: 53K (all UA)
15% Business
85% Pleasure
Last year I had 14K business miles from Oct thru year end, but this year it was only 8K all year. So, it's hard to guess what the mix will be next year (but unlikely to be enough for PremEx 1K.)
Nov 17, 1999, 5:06 pm
#3
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE 2MM, HH Dd, SPG; IC Pl/A; AA; DL
Posts: 14,321
1999 - Air Canada Super Elite (by miles)
2000 - Air Canada Super Elite (by miles)--will pass the magical 100K required early in December and should end up at least 10K over requirement (despite not flying for about 3 months through the summer).
2000 - Air Canada Super Elite (by miles)--will pass the magical 100K required early in December and should end up at least 10K over requirement (despite not flying for about 3 months through the summer).
Nov 17, 1999, 5:12 pm
#4
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: See pitflyer
Posts: 1,620
This was also my first full year of frequent flying, so I had no status coming into 1999 except with Marriott (see below).
USAirways, all by segment
2000 Preferred - April
2000 Preferred Plus - July
2000 Chairman's Preferred - September
Marriott (goes by any 12 mo period)
Gold - October 1998 (first stay was 20 days)
Black - April
Platinum - August
Hilton
Gold - November (comped due to USAirways)
Status miles by end of 1999: ~90k
Percent business: 80%
Percent pleasure: 20%
2000 Goal: Ensure Preferred Plus and pray for enough fare sales to thrust me into Chairman's Preferred without so many business trips.
[This message has been edited by dg1 (edited 11-18-1999).]
USAirways, all by segment
2000 Preferred - April
2000 Preferred Plus - July
2000 Chairman's Preferred - September
Marriott (goes by any 12 mo period)
Gold - October 1998 (first stay was 20 days)
Black - April
Platinum - August
Hilton
Gold - November (comped due to USAirways)
Status miles by end of 1999: ~90k
Percent business: 80%
Percent pleasure: 20%
2000 Goal: Ensure Preferred Plus and pray for enough fare sales to thrust me into Chairman's Preferred without so many business trips.
[This message has been edited by dg1 (edited 11-18-1999).]
Nov 17, 1999, 6:29 pm
#5
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: FLL
Programs: Delta
Posts: 1,755
99- Air Canada Aeroplan Elite
00- Air Canada Aeroplan Elite
99- Marriott Rewards Black
00- Marriott Rewards Black
It is quite likely that I will make it to AC Super Elite and Marriott Rewards platinum for 2001.
00- Air Canada Aeroplan Elite
99- Marriott Rewards Black
00- Marriott Rewards Black
It is quite likely that I will make it to AC Super Elite and Marriott Rewards platinum for 2001.
Nov 17, 1999, 6:33 pm
#6
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: New York City
Posts: 3,506
1999 Status (earned in 1998) - Delta Air Lines Gold Medallion
2000 Status - Delta Air Lines Gold Medallion - will earn during November (later this week actually)
Estimated 1999 Base Miles at year-end on DL/AF/SR (includes 500 miles minimum):
54220
Other flights - I may well have missed some out:
Saigon --> Bangkok one-way (Thai)
Singapore --> Saigon one-way (SQ)
Roanoke --> IAD --> JFK --> LHR --> EWR --> IAD --> Roanoke (UA free ticket)
Business / Leisure break-down:
0% business!!
100% leisure!!
Next year, I plan to requalify for Delta Gold Medallion and take the AA Platinum Challenge.
2000 Status - Delta Air Lines Gold Medallion - will earn during November (later this week actually)
Estimated 1999 Base Miles at year-end on DL/AF/SR (includes 500 miles minimum):
54220
Other flights - I may well have missed some out:
Saigon --> Bangkok one-way (Thai)
Singapore --> Saigon one-way (SQ)
Roanoke --> IAD --> JFK --> LHR --> EWR --> IAD --> Roanoke (UA free ticket)
Business / Leisure break-down:
0% business!!
100% leisure!!
Next year, I plan to requalify for Delta Gold Medallion and take the AA Platinum Challenge.
Nov 17, 1999, 6:35 pm
#7
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: St Petersburg, FL, USA
Posts: 2,253
Since we're all bragging:
United
'99 - Premier Exec (barely 50k miles)
'00 - Premier (barely 25k miles)
Southwest
'99 - Companion Pass Level (100 flight creds)
'00 - Companion Pass Level (185 flight creds)
Hyatt
'99 - Diamond (75 nights)
'00 - Diamond (130 nights)
Marriott
'00 - Gold (barely 15)
business: >90%
Goals in 2000:
1. convince American to look at my 120 flights this year and gimme elite
2. sell United miles to a broker, since United won't let me ever use them
3. send nasty letter to United with photo of me sitting barebottomed on the copier glass
United
'99 - Premier Exec (barely 50k miles)
'00 - Premier (barely 25k miles)
Southwest
'99 - Companion Pass Level (100 flight creds)
'00 - Companion Pass Level (185 flight creds)
Hyatt
'99 - Diamond (75 nights)
'00 - Diamond (130 nights)
Marriott
'00 - Gold (barely 15)
business: >90%
Goals in 2000:
1. convince American to look at my 120 flights this year and gimme elite
2. sell United miles to a broker, since United won't let me ever use them
3. send nasty letter to United with photo of me sitting barebottomed on the copier glass
Nov 17, 1999, 7:20 pm
#8
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: SEA
Posts: 3,178
My stats:
Delta
98 - Gold
99 - Gold (53K)
00 - Gold
United
98 - Premier Exec
99 - Premier Exec (comp from DL status)
00 - Premier (will need to do a 2K run to attain)
Starwood
98 - Westin Burgundy
99 - Starwood Gold (grandfathered in)
00 - Gold
Hyatt
98 - Platinum
99 - Platinum
00 - Platinum
Hilton
98 - Blue
99 - Gold
00 - Gold
Total miles for the year = 92K (all airlines) is the least I've flown in past 12 years.
Total nights = don't want to count them, a lot!
[This message has been edited by shadow (edited 11-24-1999).]
Delta
98 - Gold
99 - Gold (53K)
00 - Gold
United
98 - Premier Exec
99 - Premier Exec (comp from DL status)
00 - Premier (will need to do a 2K run to attain)
Starwood
98 - Westin Burgundy
99 - Starwood Gold (grandfathered in)
00 - Gold
Hyatt
98 - Platinum
99 - Platinum
00 - Platinum
Hilton
98 - Blue
99 - Gold
00 - Gold
Total miles for the year = 92K (all airlines) is the least I've flown in past 12 years.
Total nights = don't want to count them, a lot!
[This message has been edited by shadow (edited 11-24-1999).]
Nov 17, 1999, 7:25 pm
#9
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: IAD
Programs: AA Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 27,067
My bragging rights:
United 1999 PE
2000 PE
qualified on either miles (50K+) or segments (60+). I'm at least 15 segments short of 1K.
Hilton - Gold (should hit 30 nights but comped anyway)
Starwood - Gold (10 stays but comped anyway)
Holiday Inn - Gold (20+ nights)
Marriott - Gold (15+ nights)
United 1999 PE
2000 PE
qualified on either miles (50K+) or segments (60+). I'm at least 15 segments short of 1K.
Hilton - Gold (should hit 30 nights but comped anyway)
Starwood - Gold (10 stays but comped anyway)
Holiday Inn - Gold (20+ nights)
Marriott - Gold (15+ nights)
Nov 17, 1999, 7:34 pm
#10
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Promoted to Chairman of the Most Wonderful Continental Airlines Highly Valuable OnePass Program Security and Ideological Purity Bureau
Posts: 4,129
No, I'm not eltie in ANYTHING! (sobs) I was hoping, though, that an extremely generous HP Platinum Elite member would be so kind nominate me to Silver status....
Perhaps it will be a gift from "Santa"...to my credit, I flew 18 segments with CO/HP/NW, and would shift all of my mileage-earning opportunities to HP if made a Silver Elite member. Santa,I can be reached at [email protected]. Thanks, Santa Claus...and yes, I've been a good boy...
[This message has been edited by avek00 (edited 11-17-1999).]
Perhaps it will be a gift from "Santa"...to my credit, I flew 18 segments with CO/HP/NW, and would shift all of my mileage-earning opportunities to HP if made a Silver Elite member. Santa,I can be reached at [email protected]. Thanks, Santa Claus...and yes, I've been a good boy...
[This message has been edited by avek00 (edited 11-17-1999).]
Nov 17, 1999, 7:47 pm
#11
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Texas, U.S.A.
Posts: 19,523
United
'99 - 1K (by 136,000 miles)
'00 - 1K (requalified with 100K in May! Will probably make 200K by years end as I've changed all my remaining Delta flights to United in protest of Delta selling elite status via AMEX Black Card)
Delta
'99 - Gold Medallion (by 54,000 miles)
'00 - Silver?...was close to requalifing for Gold but have dumped Delta (see above).
American - Elite something. Comped. Only flew them 3 times this year. Can't understand why they like me so much. Must have sniffed out that I was a 1K with United and trying to get my business, or something.
Hilton - Gold
Starwood - Gold
Marriott - Black (and would have been Diamond or whatever the next level is if they gave me credit for all the Courtyards and Residence Inns I've stayed in! Grrrr.
Hyatt - Platinum (I think!)
[This message has been edited by PremEx (edited 11-17-1999).]
'99 - 1K (by 136,000 miles)
'00 - 1K (requalified with 100K in May! Will probably make 200K by years end as I've changed all my remaining Delta flights to United in protest of Delta selling elite status via AMEX Black Card)
Delta
'99 - Gold Medallion (by 54,000 miles)
'00 - Silver?...was close to requalifing for Gold but have dumped Delta (see above).
American - Elite something. Comped. Only flew them 3 times this year. Can't understand why they like me so much. Must have sniffed out that I was a 1K with United and trying to get my business, or something.
Hilton - Gold
Starwood - Gold
Marriott - Black (and would have been Diamond or whatever the next level is if they gave me credit for all the Courtyards and Residence Inns I've stayed in! Grrrr.
Hyatt - Platinum (I think!)
[This message has been edited by PremEx (edited 11-17-1999).]
Nov 17, 1999, 8:12 pm
#12
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Reno, NV (RNO)
Programs: AA Platinum, AS, UA, DL, HHonors Gold, Marriott LTP, Hyatt, IHG Platinum
Posts: 4,707
Here goes:
United
'99 comped to Premier Exec - Feb.
'00 1K - August (101K miles)
US Air
'99 Dividend Preferred (segments)
'00 Dividend Preferred (segments) - Nov. (23K miles)
Continental
'99 Gold (segments)
'00 Nothing
(10 segments - 10K miles)
Delta
'99 Nothing
'00 Nothing (4 segments - 5K miles)
AA
'99 Nothing
'00 TBD (6 segments - 6K miles) - requested comp. to Platinum two weeks ago and AA has not responded. Will be moving 6-8 months of heavy travel to DL if they don't comp. me.
Starwood Platinum - around 70 nights
Marriott - Gold with chance of Black
Hilton - Diamond now; Silver next year
United
'99 comped to Premier Exec - Feb.
'00 1K - August (101K miles)
US Air
'99 Dividend Preferred (segments)
'00 Dividend Preferred (segments) - Nov. (23K miles)
Continental
'99 Gold (segments)
'00 Nothing
(10 segments - 10K miles)Delta
'99 Nothing
'00 Nothing (4 segments - 5K miles)
AA
'99 Nothing
'00 TBD (6 segments - 6K miles) - requested comp. to Platinum two weeks ago and AA has not responded. Will be moving 6-8 months of heavy travel to DL if they don't comp. me.
Starwood Platinum - around 70 nights
Marriott - Gold with chance of Black
Hilton - Diamond now; Silver next year
Nov 17, 1999, 8:21 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Programs: AA PLT, SPG GLD, PC PLT SPIRE
Posts: 4,531
DL
99-Silver
00-Not a chance as I haven't flow a single mile on Delta because their flights are not convenient and its difficult to upgrade the cheap fares, but I will try for a comp silver or gold anyway because of my AA and Southwest status
AA
99-Gold-June
Platnum-Nov (I would have made platinum, much much earlier if I hadn't been using Southwest for the first half of the year)
00-Platinum all the way baby!
50k+ miles
60+ segments
100% business
Soutwest
00-companion level (100+ flight credits and counting)
100% business
Marriot
99-gold (15+)
00-gold (15+)
100% business
99-Silver
00-Not a chance as I haven't flow a single mile on Delta because their flights are not convenient and its difficult to upgrade the cheap fares, but I will try for a comp silver or gold anyway because of my AA and Southwest status
AA
99-Gold-June
Platnum-Nov (I would have made platinum, much much earlier if I hadn't been using Southwest for the first half of the year)
00-Platinum all the way baby!
50k+ miles
60+ segments
100% business
Soutwest
00-companion level (100+ flight credits and counting)
100% business
Marriot
99-gold (15+)
00-gold (15+)
100% business
Nov 17, 1999, 8:23 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Beaumont, TX, USA
Posts: 17
Elite in NOTHING! Two trips this year for a total of 8000 miles on OnePass! Amazing huh? Well I think thats quite a lot for a fifteen year old kid that can't even drive to an airport let alone fly all over the world. Fortunately 2000 will be be more fruitful.
Nov 17, 1999, 8:35 pm
#15
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Everywhere
Programs: UA MM; DL SPG HH Gold
Posts: 635
Not being one to miss out on this flaunt-fest:
United
99-PremEx (on 74k miles, about 40 segments)
00-1K (on 150k miles, 104 segments)
Starwood
00-Gold (comp, but I should have earned it if I'd been more on the ball with hotel stays earlier in the year)
Priority Club
00-Gold (24 nights I think)
Marriott
Nothing, but if those Residence Inn MONTHS counted for anything...
United
99-PremEx (on 74k miles, about 40 segments)
00-1K (on 150k miles, 104 segments)
Starwood
00-Gold (comp, but I should have earned it if I'd been more on the ball with hotel stays earlier in the year)
Priority Club
00-Gold (24 nights I think)
Marriott
Nothing, but if those Residence Inn MONTHS counted for anything...