Originally Posted by
Amberite
Also, I see that airlines such as Continental have guaranteed perks when reaching 1 million+ miles, and from what I can tell this has nothing to do with EQM, which is great.
Nope. It's (almost exclusively) paid butt-in-seat miles. Used to be easier but they are changing at the end of the year. AA also used to count all points but that just changed this month.
You're right tho, easier to just redeem at first class levels and not have to worry about status.