Mar 5, 2013, 2:38 pm
A Challenge: The Least-Expensive Way to Get The Most Medallion Qualification Miles?
Nov 24, 2003, 7:58 am
#46
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: MA
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So Close to 100K MQMs
I currently sit with 98,400 MQMs despite my determination not to chase MQMs this year, and my intentions to move onward to another carrier starting in 2004, probably NW. The MQMs are as a result of some carryover from last year, some discounted FC (A) fares, some discounted overseas travel (I) and a 10K Amex threshold bonus.
But it would be crazy not to get that last little bit to get to 100K and make PM once again. Especially with a new regime coming onboard! So I'll probably take a mileage run to get that last 1600 MQMs before the end of the year!
But it would be crazy not to get that last little bit to get to 100K and make PM once again. Especially with a new regime coming onboard! So I'll probably take a mileage run to get that last 1600 MQMs before the end of the year!
Nov 24, 2003, 9:37 am
#47
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: AUS DL PM MM, HH LTD
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Remember, if you were PM the three years previous to this year, the grandfather rule allows you to earn PM based on segments.
marc
marc
Nov 24, 2003, 10:11 am
#48
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RobertS975:
I currently sit with 98,400 MQMs </font>
I currently sit with 98,400 MQMs </font>
I'm supposed to be lifetime PM anyway next year but I prefer to earn it the old fashioned way in case somebody decides the lifetime thing isn't such a great idea.
Nov 24, 2003, 10:50 am
#49
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
I'm supposed to be lifetime PM anyway next year but I prefer to earn it the old fashioned way in case somebody decides the lifetime thing isn't such a great idea.
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I'm supposed to be lifetime PM anyway next year but I prefer to earn it the old fashioned way in case somebody decides the lifetime thing isn't such a great idea.
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[This message has been edited by jeffreyt (edited Nov 24, 2003).]
Nov 24, 2003, 10:59 am
#50
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The Thanksgiving sale fares might make for some worthwhile Thurs-Fri combinations, but I don't know if one can still book those...
Nov 24, 2003, 12:54 pm
#51
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jeffreyt:
Unfortunately, "lifetime" is no longer offered through Delta. You do receive "Complimentary annual Platinum Medallion status". But what the heck does that mean? (Read: at least one year, more if DL feels like it). </font>
Unfortunately, "lifetime" is no longer offered through Delta. You do receive "Complimentary annual Platinum Medallion status". But what the heck does that mean? (Read: at least one year, more if DL feels like it). </font>
Nov 24, 2003, 3:31 pm
#52
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: PNS
Programs: DL PM / 1MM "Enhancee" (Frequent Flyer) Since 1990
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I too will make PM this year, for the first time ever, based upon Intl flight activity mostly.. love those NRT flights! 
Looking forward to my added "enhancements" - mainly the 6 PMUs, so I don't have to burn many miles next year.. other than that, I could have stayed at GM level.. but shoot, i'll give PM a whirl to see if I like it..
Looking forward to my added "enhancements" - mainly the 6 PMUs, so I don't have to burn many miles next year.. other than that, I could have stayed at GM level.. but shoot, i'll give PM a whirl to see if I like it..
Nov 24, 2003, 3:51 pm
#53
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by heckler:
Looking forward to my added "enhancements" - mainly the 6 PMUs, so I don't have to burn many miles next year..</font>
Looking forward to my added "enhancements" - mainly the 6 PMUs, so I don't have to burn many miles next year..</font>
Oh yeah, I forgot the PM bag tags...now there's an impressive benefit!!
Nov 24, 2003, 4:00 pm
#54
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But as I said in my original post, I do hold NEW hope that some of the dramatic reductions in medallion benefits will be rescinded with the change in regime.
Nov 24, 2003, 4:35 pm
#55
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP - US CP
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I am almost exactly in the same place with 98,000+ thanks to carry-over and AMEX. With only a handful of trips left this year I would still have been short of EXP on AA by about 10K so I booked most Nov/Dec travel AA but booked one last trip on DL that will put me over the top. As it stands now, this will be my very last paid trip on DL period but the PM should help me burn a good part of 1M SMs next year.
Sadly, I still prefer the DL front-line to AA's but I find Delta's management so disingenuous that I can't see going back - at least until middle management is replaced by humans.
Sadly, I still prefer the DL front-line to AA's but I find Delta's management so disingenuous that I can't see going back - at least until middle management is replaced by humans.
Nov 24, 2003, 4:42 pm
#56
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Sadly, I still prefer the DL front-line to AA's but I find Delta's management so disingenuous that I can't see going back - at least until middle management is replaced by humans.[/B]</font>
Sadly, I still prefer the DL front-line to AA's but I find Delta's management so disingenuous that I can't see going back - at least until middle management is replaced by humans.[/B]</font>
At this point, only Delta can save Delta..
Nov 25, 2003, 11:13 pm
#57
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP - US CP
Posts: 461
All I can say Heckler is thank God for Xanax. Me thinks some at DL will need an Rx in short order...
Nov 29, 2003, 11:40 am
#58
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1
a few miles short of silver status???
I will end up about 400 miles short of medallion status (24,600). Will delta make any exceptions if you are only a few miles short?
Dec 8, 2003, 9:31 am
#59
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 37
36 MQM short, any way?
Hi, checked the balance in my account. I am 35 MQM mile short to get 75000 MQM level, which will allow me to get 15000 MQM to next year. Anyway to get that without flying? or I should just call Delta and beg them?
Dec 8, 2003, 10:54 am
#60
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Begging will not help. SGB!