I've been tracking my NW EQMs for the last couple months and realized I would be about 8000 short of gold for the year. Under the double miles promo I booked my first mileage run to get those miles and planned on finishing the year with about 50,600 miles. I still have a couple more domestic trips that will push me to this amount. Now I have to be in Germany the week before Christmas. Probably a B or Y fare, so another 12,000 or so miles from DTW-MUC or FRA that I would consider "wasted" for status. Are there any programs out there (LH, UA???) that are not based on calendar year? I could move the flight there and work on status in a different program. So far I can't find any. Other option would be to scrounge another 12,000 miles in runs or creative routings on my other trips.