irishguy28

Absolutely not!

You appear to have missed the fact that 1 level segment will convert to 7 XP....which is a far better rate than the 1,000 level miles -> 5XP conversion. 1 Level segment - however it's earned, even if it's a dirt-cheap short flight - is worth more than 1,000 level miles, which are far more expensive to acquire than that single level segment.

The minimum amount of level miles earned by a domestic (AF) flight is 100 Level Miles, where as the minimum amount of level miles earned by an international flight is 150 Level Miles. As such, you would need 7 of these international cheapest-possible segments, or 10 of these domestic cheapest-possible segments, to reach 1,000 level miles, which in your scheme you value only as 7XP. However, the 7 or respectively 10 segments would convert, via the level segment mechanism, to either 49 XP or 70 XP.

As such, the conversion presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain status on the cheap - and even to acquire rollovers into future years - by benefitting from this "loophole" to allow level-segment related rollovers. Anyone who is platinum already, or who can earn platinum via this loophole in the first 3 months of the year, could, by doing enough segment running, build up a rollover solely on number of segments, which may see them have Platinum for several further years.


There are 90 days between 1 Jan and 31 March 2018 in which to build up your level segment counter.

At 1 flight every 2 days, that's 45 segments, which converts to 315 XP, and instant Platinum (if not already held) from 1 April 2018.
At 1 flight every day, that's 90 segments, which converts to 630 XP - Platinum and at least another year after rollover.
At 2 flights every day, that's 180 segments, which converts to 1260 XP - Platinum for over 4 years.

etc etc etc...