Originally Posted by
boolean64
Unless you are out of CR-1s and have to do a p.s. trip in the first half of the year (i.e. before you fly 75,000 miles in 2012)
Fortunately, that will not happen under any realistic scenario. I currently have 5 CR1s, one due to expire in Q1, 2 in Q3 and 2 in Q4 of 2011. Meanwhile, I already have requalified for 1K with 6 SWUs coming my way. I still have 2 SWUs that will be expiring in Feb 2011, so I will burn those on a p.s. flight as I happen to have a business trip to SFO from JFK in Feb. The CR1 that is due to expire in Q1 will be lost. I have 2 TPACS planned by May 2011 and 2 TATL by October, which will get me to 75k EQM. Meanwhile, I would have earned CR1s the old fashioned way (2/Q/10k EQM) and then 2 more for reaching 75K EQM. With a TPAC in Nov 2011, I should requalify for 1K and get two more CR1s of which I have I lost count by now. So, going into 2012 I will have quite a few CR1s in my inventory already....2013 and beyond is when the 4 CR1 guarantee for reaching 1K will kick in. That is you qualify for 1K in Q4 and will have 4 CR1 and 6 SWUs the following year until your reach 1K again in Q4, and the cycle repeats....