Originally Posted by code7700
I got a better one. I had to go to from California to Europe 4 times over the last 2 months on business trips. "Y" and "H" class tickets on COA and NWA (via DTW and IAH) with 50% Y/H-Class Elite Qualification Bonus really add up.
Hopefully NWA will be around for me to enjoy it.
That's pretty much how I make Plat every year (although I missed it in 2002-2004--like a lot of folks, I was too poor!): Four trips to Europe on upgraded B or Y tix. Mine are for fun, though. I have a new, three-year-old tradition of spending a few days by myself in London between Christmas and New Year's to top off my account.