Originally Posted by
garykung
I am actually surprised on how you can make Platinum by $855 PQD...
How??
I spent $3,314, but only got $855 PQD because a lot of the partner flights were booked on partner airlines so ineligible for PQD.
- LAS-SFO-ZRH-MAD and back on UA & LX (14,226 PQM, paid $415, booked on LX site - got $42 PQD)
- LAS-SFO-NRT and LAX-LAS on UA, CAN-NRT-OKA-HND-LAX on NH (17,317 PQM, paid $812, got $52 PQD)
- LAS-SFO on UA, SFO-AKL-WLG, AKL-LAX on NZ (14,020 PQM, paid $498, got $280 PQD)
- LAS-LAX-NRT, NRT-DEN-LAS on UA, NRT-KUL-NRT on NH (19,084 PQM, paid $469, got $350 PQD)
- HND-CTS-NRT on NH (1,535 PQM, paid $197, zero PQD - booked on ANA website)
- LAS-IAD-LAS on UA and IAD-ADD-CPT-ADD-IAD on ET (24,990 PQM, paid $923, booked on ET site - got $130 PQD)