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Sep 2, 2005 | 4:14 pm

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Originally Posted by thegingerman

Thanks very much.

So, I guess that the only thing that "true BIS" would be used for would be lifetime United flight miles (or do those use "modified BIS" as well?) Seems like BIS is not really used properly on FT most of the time, as it's not really BIS.

MM status counts the 500 mile minimum. It didn't always though.

You can think of BIS as "if you walk onto a plane, your butt will be in the seat for 500 miles".