Originally Posted by
CKemahli
Additionally, to contest the point raised about 8 x £350 = £2,800. I would suggest that the majority of people who earn Silver and above are already taking and paying for at least a few WTP or CE/CW flights a year. I'd be curious to know how many silver + up card holders there are that achieve it purely through economy tickets. They would be the true frequent fliers!!
I guess that makes me one of them. I reached Silver and I have never purchased anything but the lowest economy ticket, also have not done any US domestic over 2000 miles (to gain more TP) or TP runs either. Mostly TATL flights... All pure leisure travel and paid by my humble student budget.
I guess that will become a lot harder now. So far I haven't made up my mind as to what to do. Wish there were a Swiss/Lufthansa Status match.