Originally Posted by
nldogbert
Hi,
I have a question with regards to this challenge. I was recently offered to do this challenge between Dec 06 and Feb 07. I was thinking if it is worth it to spend around 600 USD to do this? The thing is that I will be getting enough segments next year to get to PLT. Now, they offered me this challenge to get a head start. I was told that since my challenge starts in Dec 06, I do not need any qualifying AA flights (is this also true).
My upcoming flights are with
QF (0.5 qp, domestic which I can maybe try and push it up to 1qp earning and 1.5 qp earning later by paying a bit more) and
BA (0.25 qp, domestic+EU). I need t0 get 5k within this 3 months. I am wondering if this challenge it worth it?
Thanks for the advise.
Since you are already going to make "natural" PLT on segments, I wouldn't upfare any of these to make GLD before that. If the flights you have would generate enough points as is to make the GLD challenge, no reason not to get the head start...except...if you, for some reason, need to challenge in the near future (let's say you don't make PLT the following year and want to challenge), it seems that they're tightening on repeat challenges, so doing one now may make it tougher in the future.
Will you have GLD long enough before the PLT to matter much?
And, from what we've heard, because you start in Dec, it doesn't seem like you'll be subject to the AA-flight-only rule.
Cheers.