Originally Posted by
bretthexum
I am in the same position, hit DM spend by March or April. There's zero benefit to spend more than 15K. I'll do dual status and prob hit 1K with UA as well. My direct flights will be Delta, connections UA.
Well, that presumes you also have the MQM's to go along with the spend requirement. I'm sure that are people that have no trouble meeting spend, but may take some additional flying to meet the MQM requirement (which is likely the idea of requiring both -- to keep you loyal even after you have already hit the spend requirement).