Originally Posted by
retiredsw
I was short EQMs to qualify for Gold again at the end of my year, so I bought the boost for $649. With my Citi Exec, I can get 10K EQM when I hit $40K. Is there any benefit to that? If I was working up to Gold, that'd be great, but if I'm already at Gold, do those 10K EQMs put me any closer to the next level, or are they redundant? If they stack on top of the assumed 20K EQM, (probably not the right term but not sure what else to call it) that'd be one thing. If not, I'd rather apply that spend somewhere else.
Any guidance appreciated!
You are working up to gold, gold for next year. So now you only have earn 15K EQM this year to maintain gold. (Or 40K EQM if you want Platinum.)
It looks like (unless I'm reading it wrong) you seem to think that buying up to Gold gives you the 25K for this year, this is not the case. The buying up simply pays for last year's difference in earned EQM.