Originally Posted by
dgwright99
But they matched to Plantinum !
It has generally been reported that NW would only match up to 2nd tier.
So, that at least is a consolation for amenachem, and definitely a double reason for me to hold off until much later in the year when I hit UA 1k, and may hope to get the match thru 2/2010.
It just shows that you can't believe everything you read...
(also the part about July giving to 2/2010 was erroneous...)
So, yes, it is nice to have the extra 25% miles and NW upgrades 5 days out - but there is very little chance that I will be Plat in 2010.
Now I have to figure out who to try and get to Gold with. I can't credit both Delta and Northwest for my ST flights. On the other hand, if the merger goes through - would they combine the EQMs/MQMs? I would tend to doubt that...
I will probably go with DL only because I already have about 5K MQMs with them and there's a good chance that I'll get another 10K with the Skymiles AMEX (which saved me last year and propelled me into Gold).
Problems, problems...
Cheers!