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Jun 7, 2008 | 3:11 pm

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enjoystravel

Join Date: Mar 2000

Location: California

Programs: AA EXP 5 Mil, UA Global Services, BA Gold, DL Diamond, SPG Plat75, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 1,231

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Originally Posted by ibr2008

9w website is sorely lacking clarity. i was under the assumption that to upgrade from no status to gold, all you have to do is clock 30k miles in 6 months or 45k miles in 6 months to upgrade from no status to platinum. is that not the case?

thanks,

You assumption is correct. The way it works in practice is that you get upgraded from Blue to Blue Plus first and then from Blue Plus to Silver and then to Gold and then to Plat. I was upgraded quickly this way.

At each stage, ALL qualifying miles earned in the preceding 6 months are used. You do not lose the miles earned in previous upgrades (as is done for tier points in BA). In other words, if you fly 45,000+ miles in 6 months you do get upgraded to Plat under Dynamic Tier review. However, you need to get the full miles needed in a year for renewal afterwords or you will drop your tier.

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