Originally Posted by Baeck
You can look up the old twa.com site through
www.archive.org.One thing that seemed really nice was that you could make each of the elite levels on spending (5k,10k,20k - I believe) in addition to the mileage. So someone who flew infrequently but bought premium fares would still be rewarded for their business.
My first elite status ever was achieved on TWA because of the $5,000 spending threshold and some expensive weekly commutes between STL and ATL. Those were good times indeed!