Originally Posted by
SunLover
I also try to stay ahead of the curve with my MR planning. I have UA1K booked for 2012, and ~60,000 eqm's already booked for 2013. Yes; this takes a flexible schedule, cash flow, and faith you will be able to make these flights.
WOW. I think it's ludicrous to fly 60K miles each year as MR's just to maintain status. I don't know UA tier's at all but for DL, 60K is half of Diamond which is highest elite level. So it is definitely not an efficient way to spend time or $$ if you must MR 50% of the miles needed to achieve your status. Just seems crazy to me. But that's just me.
This year, I will fly the most MR's ever (23K miles) to hit DL Platinum. And even that (only 3 trips required) felt like overkill to me, but I really wanted to hit platinum this year to see if the benefits outweight the expenses.