Originally Posted by
jrmoore
If you're that close to a threshold I'd look for an extra miles run, credit card offer, or purchase of MQMs to push you over the top. You'll be gold for all of 2014.
It would have to be a heck of a mile run. My JFK-TLV flight is earning me 8,516 MQMs.
In fact, I am doing a mini-mile run already. I was originally planning on flying JFK-LAS, but changed it to LGA-ATL-LAS -- it is the same cost but put me just over the top for Gold (if I am credited in 2013 for the flight back to TLV) or Silver (if it goes towards 2014).
It didn't work out too badly. I am paying $3147 for the itinerary, used two SWUs which got me upgraded TLV-JFK, ATL-LAS, LAS-ATL, ATL-JFK, and JFK-TLV. I am in EC LGA-ATL, but it is a 2 1/2 hour flight so it does not really bother me and, as a PM flying on a B fare upgraded with SWUS, the odds are good that I will be upgraded even for that one segment.