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Old Apr 21, 2019 | 1:14 am
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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)
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