Originally Posted by
nova08
I beg to differ. I'll use myself as an example. I'm 24, with still a ways to go until I hit MM. But I plan to travel quite a bit for the next 5-10 years. If I hit MM by the time i'm 35, i'll have at least Silver for the rest of my life. So if from 35-50 I only average a few thousand miles a year, but then at 50 I want to take my family on vacation I'll still have those Silver benefits (It's not much, but it's something)
Your CO MM 121,020? That means you have 878,980 EQMs to go for MM.
Your:
5 Year Average (per Year): 175,796 EQMs
6 Year: 146,497 EQMs
7 Year: 125,569 EQMs
8 Year: 109,873 EQMs
9 Year: 97,665 EQMs
10 Year: 87,898 EQMs
I would say 10-15 years if you healthily overshoot plat every year; longer if you just make 75K or have sub-75K years.
Good Luck. I have been flying pretty regularly since I have been 24 also and I will be 39 next week; I average 50K-75K a year; still at least 5-7 years away from MM for myself. It just might take longer than you think unless you have some uber job that you buy BF/FC/Y/B fares regularly and do 60-75K BIS.
Go for it! But I think 10-15 years in more realistic than 5-10, though. But, as always YMMV, and what do I know, I may just be a bitter old man.
- HF