Yup. Qualifying by actually going places is far more brag-worthy than doing it in January on MRs.
Cheers.
While I do some MRs to beef up my miles and insure EXP by year end, other than accumulating RDMs whats the point? Once you hit 100K miles that's it, although for 2011 125K EQPs did provide additional benefits. But its impossible to get that many EQPs on cheap fares unless you are basically earning about 250K miles a year. Personally, I'd like to have a life outside of flying around in a metal tube (albeit usually upfront) and posting on FT.