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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 8:06 pm
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
Think about this carefully. Do you really want to cross that threshold? Nobody else will ever be closer to Gold than you!
Yes, I really do. I must prefer to be the GE with the fewest # of EQMs than the SE back in coach that was the closest to making it.

Originally Posted by MikeMpls
I suspect the mileage estimates are the output from some generic great circle calculator. The actual mileage credited can even vary slightly by airline.
And isn't the actual mileage that posts also calculated by some generic great circle calculator? Or do they actually send out a team with a very long measuring tape to calculate the actual miles?
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