Originally Posted by
SFO777
Yes. But I would be careful about duplicate accounts with the same airline. They tend to frown on that, if discovered.
Hmm thanks for that info

Theoretically it sounds like one could infinitely extend his/her status by doing this every year and needing to fly only the 'status match' amount of EQMs to keep the status for 1 year (if matching after July 1st)
I'm sure this is one of those ideas that only sound good on paper though