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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 9:37 am
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Originally Posted by gabdusch
I doubt it's worth it to achieve lifetime status for you in your current situation.

After all, all you'll gain is perks you can mostly enjoy when flying. Do you really want to MR for 16 years just to enjoy a few perks (most of which can be bought anyways) for the rest of your life at 25-50k a year?
These are good points, and also consider the FF programs get diluted as time goes on. And the lifetime is for the lifetime of the current program not your lifetime or even the lifetime of the airline.
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