can one get MM status with credit card purchases? if so, that can be easy with ownership of a firm.. many of my suppliers demanded immediate payment and accepted a credit card(guess i was deemed untrusty). air travel payments for employees add up. i generated a couple hundred thousand miles a year buying inventory. most of it on starwood amex, which does not have a MM package, but allows transfer of miles to many airlines(and at 1.2 to 1) . i have a ton of miles on LH. they have no mm program either.

i don't really need mm status, as i have enough miles to fly in biz class tatl when i want to go any distance. short flights, what's the diff?