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Old Apr 1, 2015, 4:23 am
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JDiver
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Originally Posted by chrisny2
Hi!

I just took flights on Monday DCA-CLT-SDF. My upgrade status says "9500" for"miles needed to earn elite upgrades."

shouldn't it be 9000?
If you took a through flight, it counts as one segment, you earn as if you'd flown DCA-SDF nonstop. I learned this year's ago on a through flight (but terminal and aircraft change in DFW) SFO-DFW-ZRH.
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