This is what I thought too. I spoke with two reps when I called the Diamond Desk. Both told me that if you reach GM via segments (or being gifted GM status) you will rollover only those MQMs in excess of 50K. As it was explained to me twice, 49K MQMs with 60 segments rolls over ZERO MQMs. While 49K MQMs with 59 segments rolls over 24K MQMs.

I was surprised... and didn't like the answer. An email from customer service told me the same thing. That's three times. If they are all wrong so be it. But I wouldn't count on it. Too risky. Luckily the family member to whom I gave GM status is not worried about what he will roll over into 2011 and greatly appreciated the UGs and extra RMDs that GM status got him this year. However I will always check with a recipient in the future before gifting status. They might have their own plan and I wouldn't want to screw that up.

To get 8 segments he needs, at minimum, 2 r/t domestic itins from ATL to XXX with a connection each way. That's two trips to the airport and 8 possible IROP situations that could send him back to ATL on a non-stop. Don't know if original route credit works for segments. He could very well knock the whole thing out with 1 international itin from PIT, RDU, or BNA.

Now if he found a domestic double-connection itin both ways from ATL I would be impressed. Do those even exist? But he would still need one more r/t to reach 8 segs. The OP might want to drive to BHM to guarantee 4 legs on a domestic itin. Skip SDF... it's too expensive. ATL to BNA is no short drive. But there is the DMQM promo out of BNA.

This is getting complicated.

Sounds like the OP has a lot of biz trips planned out and possibly more to be slated before Dec 31. Taking a bunch of domestic MRs (SRs?...segment runs?) might not be logistically possible. There are just so many weekends left in 2010 and those weekends would have to be free from already scheduled biz trips.

OP, with your current MQMs and scheduled biz trips I am guessing you'll have a some rollover MQMs by staying Silver. Let's estimate 18 more segments at the 500 min each. That's 9K plus your current 22K = 31K which would give you 6K to start with on Jan 1. Since you recent biz travel life started in June am I to assume you will be continuing to travel a lot in the beginning of 2011? If so, you could reach GM status by April or May with your paid-for-by-someone-else biz trips and 6K rollover MQMs. Then you would get GM through Feb 28, 2013.

Reach GM in April/May 2011 you get GM for the remainder of 2011 plus GM through all of 2012 and THEN an additional grace period of the first two months of 2013.