Wow nice trip Air Brian! I'm impressed.

Could cynical flyer be jmw1515 from the other thread?

In all honesty, other than the repetitiveness of the question: I need xxx mqm to make status what are my options questions, I don't understand the overreaction in hostility towards people trying to earn their last few miles without a mileage run.

Sure you may have flown a 100,000 miles this year and we should all be jealous, but it is not unprecedented for Delta to offer MQMs for non-flying activity. Now think honestly about this: If you were short a few miles wouldn't you at least look for some sort of non-flying activity to get you over your threshold before booking a MR? Or are you so much of a purist that if you were short 50 miles you wouldn't go dine at local restaurants, but rather book yourself a ticket in order to earn the status the old fashioned way.

All that being said, why don't we have a sticky at the top for the next few months that details all the current non-flying options of earning MQMs and that other than that states you need to fly? Its obviously a question on a lot of peoples minds since the end of the year is coming. Lets help people out instead of being offended that they want status without working for it as hard as you did!