Originally Posted by
Anon2018
About to book an April long-haul vacation, and trying to decide if I should wait to see if I get GS to be able to upgrade award tickets, etc.
My 2018 has been 103,458 PQM, 23 PQS, and $42,742. Not entirely sure for BIS, but most of my flights have been in business class, so probably around 60,000 BIS. 2017 I was only Gold status with maybe $17k PQD. What are my chances of getting Global Services this year?
Where is your home airport? $42k would likely be on the low end in non-hub cities for a first time qualification especially with $17k the previous year.
If you are in a hub airport it would be a slim chance. Just look at AugustusM (OP) from last year out of EWR with >50k