<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ermdjdsj:
Another useful piece of information to add to this thread would be information about status EXPIRATION policies/tier drops on the various airlines:
For example, even if I make NW platinum this year (flying 75,000 EQM), if I fly almost no miles on NW the following year my status will drop to nothing. But I've heard that on some other airlines (I think AA) you only drop one elite level per year, so it gives you at least a couple more years of SOME status on that airline, which could be important to some of us.
Does anyone have a quick summary or link to various airline tier-dropping policies?</font>
Might be a good topic for a new thread.
So far as I know:
Lufthansa Miles and More will drop you only one level if you don't requalify (however, they give you two calendar years to requalify - but you must requalify in one of them, can't carry status miles over from one year to the next).
KLM Flying Dutchman drops you one tier at a time, at least for the moment.
NOTE that these policies can change - without prior notice.
[This message has been edited by Counsellor (edited 10-04-2003).]