Originally Posted by
ChocXTC
I completely forgot about this. So basically if I get that number of segments or miles in during the first quarter the airline will assign the status for 2008 and how does that work for 2009? I have a few flights set up for this weekend to achieve the threshold I need to get to 25k. I appreciate your insight and help very much.
if you fly enough to make 25k miles in 2007, you get Premier status until 02/09. If you fly 25k miles in 2008, you'll be Premier until 02/10.
joelacpa's idea was to not pay for flights in 2007 and instead use that $ to fly 25k miles in Jan & Feb of 2008, thus getting you Premier until 02/10.
Since you've already purchased your flights for this year, you may as well stick with them. That way you'll have 1P status until 02/09, and all of 2008 to fly enough to keep it longer.