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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by apwessen
Aruba flight would be BNA-ATL-AUA-ATL-BNA which is 4400 MQMs according to the calculator, but 25,000 MQM bonus is really all I need anyway to get to Gold. If the new goal would be Platinum, then I need 53k miles - 25k bonus = 28k miles / 2 = 14k miles - projected 7k miles planned = 7k miles needed base. However, the jump from Platinum to Gold isn't as important to me though.

That is, if Aruba counts?

EDIT: I now see that the bonus miles are actually bonus miles and not MQMs. Is that accurate?
Correct, the 25,000 bonus miles are only redeemable miles, NOT MQM's.
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