Originally Posted by
octopic
From that I multiplied the 30,60, and 90 by 250, 110, and 60 to get 7500, 6600, and 5400 (total flights per year in thousands by elite status). From there I can get the ratios that for each Plat on a flight, on average there will be 1.22 golds and 1.39 silvers.
Not sure that I agree with those ratios. If there are 250,000 Silver, 110,000 Gold and 60,000 platinums, shouldn't the ratio between 1.83 Gold members per platinum, and 2.27 Silvers per gold?
This is an interesting analysis. I've often wondered what the distribution of elites is per flight, and having these proportions (along with a count from the PDA upgrade list) will give a good ball park estimates.