Originally Posted by
iflyalexair
The certificates are not difficult to use. .... I have redeemed about 50 of them.
How? It's one cert per year and the card has only been around for about 10 years, right? Even with two cards that's only 20.
Originally Posted by
iflyalexair
In fact, if you play the Amex game right and hold two cards, you can earn almost enough MQMs for Diamond status without stepping foot on a plane. .
Sorry to question the numbers, but again, how? The plat card is a max of 20K MQM's per year and the reserve is 30K MQMs per year, so at best you can reach Gold without stepping foot in a plane. Last year they allowed some people to hit a third benchmark, but even with that you'd only reach 75K MQMs with both cards (and extra 10 + 15), which would just get you to plat. I don't see anyway that these cards can get you even close to Diamond without stepping on a plane, not to mention the minimum spend.