Just looking to see if my logic is correct on this....

2014 will be the first year that I have not hit DM since the program started, mostly because I took the summer off to play golf and was not working.

Right now it looks like I'm going to end 2014 with about 70K miles and about $10K in spend...so really no shot at DM, could get to PM with a good MR but I'm thinking I'm better off at GM...here's why.

Assuming next year my spend is back to normal in the $13K range with the 20K miles of rollover I would get this year at Gold I would have 124K miles at the end of the year and that does not account for the additional mile/$ I would get once I hit PM part of the way through the year.

If I work to get PM this year, assuming no significant rollover at $13K in spend i would end up with only 117K miles.

So if my math is right I'm better off starting the year at GM than working to get to PM...understanding that I would be farther down the upgrade list but I'm OK with that in order to get back to DM easier.

Thoughts,

Nick