Getting back to the original question:
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If you fly discounted tickets, you probably won't be Gold for long as only 50% qualifying miles towards elite status are given on discount economy fares.
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That is the number one problem you are going to have. Because of the heavey discounted competition out of fll it is hard to find a high fare and justify paying more for more mqm's. Delta's program really penalizes frequent travelers based in a city with heavy discount traffic, fll having both b6 and wn for delta to compete with.
[This message has been edited by Traveling Salesman (edited Jan 31, 2004).]