Originally Posted by
GaitherBill
Hi all!
I’m trying to figure out if I can hit Platinum status, currently Gold. I need 27,722 to reach it.
Remaining flights in January and February 2023 are:
Trip1-
DCA-MSY-AUS, Business (I)
AUS-CLT-DCA, Economy (G)
Trip cost is $830.71
I think this gets me around 5000 loyalty points? Not quite sure with the split cabin class.
Trip 2-
DCA-CHS
CHS-DCA
Business (I)
Trip Cost is $1370.42
I think this gets me around 9500 loyalty points.
I also have $1262.77 in Trip credits to use. So obviously a mileage trip may be in order with maybe 13,000 miles to go.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
As a Gold you earn 7 Loyalty Points per dollar regardless of cabin class, so your total spend of $2200 will earn you another ~15k LP's, as you mentioned. It will actually be slightly less since you don't earn for any taxes.
So yes, you'd need another 13k LP's to reach PLT.
Blowing a $1200 credit just to take a mileage run to reach PLT is a horrible idea. There are way cheaper and easier ways to get that 13k LP's.
Side note but spending $1370 for business class on DCA-CHS seems insane!