couldnt help but smiling......
2008 has been quite busy travelwise for me. and yet had it not been for a late rush in activities (and thanks to the LX J upgrades, more out of convenience, rather than mileage collection considerations) this year i probably wouldnt had requalified....i do confess that i had always considered to do a MR if i was, say 20k short at the end of 2008. However, as things were developing over the past 2 months, that seemed like an unnecessary exercise.
anyhow, had everything worked according to schedule i would have been approx 10% above the threshold. Things went extremely pear-shaped lately, that is the last 3 weeks....UA flights missed due to weather (my fault), as a result C class longhaul ticket on OS foregone, 3 incidents (i know i should claim ticketed as oppsoed to actuals) where because of weather, tech, ops reason, i went nonstop on either LH or non HON metal.......
so...true, i should be entitled to more miles than what is showing in my account today, but once i have completed my pre christmas flights (lets hope things dont go t%@s up) I will land at 600,013 milles.
ok. i could optimisse by the end of 2010 and fly 13miles less..... or try to fly 14 miles less and appeal to LH.

so, out of curiosity and, please, no pissing contest...anyone with similar or contrary results?or anyone who missed the next level by a fraction and tried to negotiate with LH?