View Full Version : What the heck constitutes a preferred mile?


stiphy
May 20, 05, 4:22 pm
Hi all,

I decided that I'd check my preferred miles today and I'm course for being to about 50,000 by the end of the month. Although I hope my traveling dies down a bit for the rest of the year, this would put me on course to make CP by years end.

This led me to check what made up the miles I had so far. I know that only actual miles flown (100% for economy tix, 150% for full fare and 200% for fc tix) count. And I know that I got 3,000 miles this year from the 20 year promo. I also have a BOFA Sig card, but I'm not sure when I would see 10,000 miles turn into "preferred miles."

I decided to look at my February statement to see if I could make sense of all this and I could not. Adding up the "actual miles" column of my online statement, plus the "bonus miles" from the 20 year promo left me short of what the statements preferred miles were. After playing around for 10 minutes looking for a combo that would yield the elusive "preferred miles" number I gave up.

Anyone know of any place where I definitively make sense of what makes up a preferred mile? The website should just have a column that lists "preferred miles" and "non-preferred miles." If you add up the "preferred miles" column it should add up to the amount at the top of the statement (at least in February when there is no carryover).

Also, does anyone know what it will look like when the BOFA miles become "preferred?"

Sean

dukeman
May 20, 05, 4:44 pm
Also, does anyone know what it will look like when the BOFA miles become "preferred?"

Sean

It will look exactly like when rollover hits. There is no post other than your preferred miles go up by 10K. How many miles are you off?

stiphy
May 22, 05, 12:03 pm
Here is my first statement for the year. On this statement I have 9638 miles and 9 segments. I have no idea how I get to 9638 miles from this:
Actual Bonus Total
07-JAN-05 SIG STARS AND STRIPES 311 0 311
08-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 521 T DCA-CLT 330 670 1,000
08-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 675 V CLT-STX 1,562 1,562 3,124
08-JAN-05 ONLINE BOOKING BONUS 0 1,000 1,000
09-JAN-05 BOA SIGNATURE PURCHASE MILES 273 0 273
09-JAN-05 BOA SIGNATURE DOUBLE MILES 0 643 643
17-JAN-05 CARIBBEAN SU 747 Q STX-SJU 94 906 1,000
17-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 98 V SJU-PHL 1,576 1,576 3,152
17-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1726 V PHL-DCA 119 881 1,000
18-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1045 S DCA-CLT 330 670 1,000
18-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1477 S CLT-ATL 227 773 1,000
18-JAN-05 FLIGHT CHECK IN BONUS 0 100 100
18-JAN-05 ONLINE BOOKING BONUS 0 1,000 1,000
21-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 548 S ATL-CLT 227 773 1,000
21-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1262 S CLT-DCA 330 670 1,000
21-JAN-05 FLIGHT CHECK IN BONUS 0 100 100
22-JAN-05 20TH ANNIVERSARY 3K MILES 2005 0 1 1
22-JAN-05 20TH ANNIVERSARY 3K MILES 2005 0 3,000 3,000

Sorry it won't format the columns correctly on this forum. Note that I had no other miles or anything earned prior to 01/07/05. If anyone can figure out how to get to 9638 miles let me know!

Sean

shell nyc
May 22, 05, 12:47 pm
Here is my first statement for the year. On this statement I have 9638 miles and 9 segments. I have no idea how I get to 9638 miles from this:

Each flight earns a minimum of 500 Preferred Miles. Actual miles flown = preferred miles earned for flights 500 miles and over. Here's how it adds up:


07-JAN-05 SIG STARS AND STRIPES 311 0 311
08-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 521 T DCA-CLT 330 670 1,000 ---500
08-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 675 V CLT-STX 1,562 1,562 3,124 ---1562
08-JAN-05 ONLINE BOOKING BONUS 0 1,000 1,000
09-JAN-05 BOA SIGNATURE PURCHASE MILES 273 0 273
09-JAN-05 BOA SIGNATURE DOUBLE MILES 0 643 643
17-JAN-05 CARIBBEAN SU 747 Q STX-SJU 94 906 1,000 ---500
17-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 98 V SJU-PHL 1,576 1,576 3,152 ---1576
17-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1726 V PHL-DCA 119 881 1,000 ---500
18-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1045 S DCA-CLT 330 670 1,000 ---500
18-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1477 S CLT-ATL 227 773 1,000 ---500
18-JAN-05 FLIGHT CHECK IN BONUS 0 100 100
18-JAN-05 ONLINE BOOKING BONUS 0 1,000 1,000
21-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 548 S ATL-CLT 227 773 1,000 ---500
21-JAN-05 US AIRWAYS 1262 S CLT-DCA 330 670 1,000 ---500
21-JAN-05 FLIGHT CHECK IN BONUS 0 100 100
22-JAN-05 20TH ANNIVERSARY 3K MILES 2005 0 1 1
22-JAN-05 20TH ANNIVERSARY 3K MILES 2005 0 3,000 3,000 ---3000

kudzu
May 22, 05, 12:49 pm
shellnyc was faster with the typing :)

stiphy
May 23, 05, 9:37 am
Thanks so much for your help!

Sean