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Nov 15, 2014 | 7:48 am

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Originally Posted by Malcolm Elavia

Question for the experts:

I have 1,213 miles to hit Platinum for next year. I could take a flight to hit it but I don't really need to fly anywhere so it would purely just to hit Platinum for next year.

My question is, do I go ahead and hit Platinum for next year and start with no MQM's to carry over to start with in 2015? If I do this, then I run the risk of hitting only Silver but maybe Gold for 2016.

OR

I could carry over the 23k MQM's from this year to 2015, automatically hit Gold and probably hit Gold if not Platinum for 2016.

What do you guys suggest?

Thanks!

Do you have the required MQDs or a waiver? Where will you be on MQDs for next year? Remember that if you go for the rollover, you'll still need $6000 MQDs next year, or $25,000 spend on DL AmEx cards to get GM.

I could see an argument for a long MR. There are some cheap tickets to Asia now that would earn very roughly (OP has not disclosed his/her location) 20,000 MQMs and 40,000 RDMs for a GM. Next year such a ticket might earn only about 7,000 RDMs for a GM, although MQM earning rules will be unchanged.

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