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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 8:36 pm
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Originally Posted by mooper
I wasn't aware of this until you pointed it out. Does this mean that if I'm Platinum, I can make my son Platinum too (with full benefits) simply by asking? Can it be done with one family member or several? Seems a bit too good to be true. Lastly - what is expected to happen with this with the merger now in place as the DL and NW programs consolidate? Will DL elites be able to do the same thing?
Doubt you can make your son full Platinum. UA people are (were?) able to confer a limited elite status on one other person, colloquially referred to around here as 3P (I believe the official term was Premier Associate), which received a very limited number of benefits and was, of course, behind the other three standard elite levels (well, four if you include GS) in priority. I'd assume NW has/had a similar program.
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