Originally Posted by
troyintn
For most people, I agree with you, as they are looking at annual status and it's nice to know there is a long-term benefit. In my case I am looking at MM status, since 5 MM will give me 360, even though I am still 1.7 MM away. Hopefully, I can do that in the next 10 years, but it may be more challenging if there are no 500 minimums. I already factored in the no 1.5 F bonus.
One thing I truly regret was not making UA 1MM (I was about 0.7M), but at that time I could not bear with the terrible and unreliable service from UA after the merger anymore. With me relocating to Queens NYC in 2014, I switched to Delta because then flying DL made more sense to me. Now, I am about 22K miles shy to DL 1MM and should not have problem to make it this year with multiple long-haul trips ahead. It took me 10 years to get close to 1MM (with the fact it was MQM rather than BIS miles before this year). Thanks to Delta make the 1MM annual complimentary Gold, but I think I will stop chasing it once I get to 1MM.