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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 102,617
The 40,000 status points is generous. Other airline MM programs that I know start everyone from zero every year, so that you must earn every mile or whatever to get a higher status than the lifetime status MM benefit.