Ok, estimating his miles in my head - 8000 miles (low estimate depending on connections) per flight between PVD and KMG, he should be around 24000 right now assuming he got credit for all of them. So with our return flight in December, he's got it. So the miles would just be for future use, not status.
I will be at 19,067 after the flight home, so I'm unlikely to reach the 25,000 anyway.