Originally Posted by
candadep
MPC: Once you reach the next elite level, your sectors / miles are reset. So you have to start all over again for the next elite level. Ex : It takes 30K miles to silver, but once you reach there your miles are reset to zilch. So, to reach gold the same year, you will need an additional 60K miles i.e totally 90k miles
If you do 210K in that same year, you'd get Diamond. As hard as that may sound, I have heard some people accomplished that achievement.