Originally Posted by
absolu7
Started traveling a lot for work these days and already have 16 eqs racked up equaling 12K eqm. Some of these trips cost close to 1K including ord->iah and ord->dca. In total all these trips cost about 6K.. its so funny that someone can take 2 trips to HKG in offseason for a total of about 2K and can get silver ... something is off here.
Ask for a status challenge. Unclear how long you've been doing this travel, but if over a short period you might be able to justify Gold.
Alternatively, get a credit card or buy an annual E+ plan.
For any FF program, there is a delay between when you start flying and when you reap the benefits - every "elite" here at some point was not elite and had to slog through a bunch of flights without status for a period of time.