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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 5:13 am
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lavalyn
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Originally Posted by DCAMIA
You also accrue an additional 2 SWU's for every 50K EQM past 150K. Unlike the initial 6 SWU's, these are available as soon as you earn them, not the year after like the original 6. Also, many people purchase full fare B/Y tix and then use 30K RDM's to upgrade the whole roundtrip.

A good strategy is to purchase full fare B/Y, upgrade using 30K miles. You then get an 50% EQM fare bonus. If you flew 67K miles this way, you would have already reached 1K status.
In many markets, you'd make UGS while at it. Your strategy uses a lot of money, especially if you're flying international B/Y.
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