Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
pssst QFF lifetime silver is 7000 SCs and lifetime gold 14000 SCs
Ooops - I knew that, careless typo now fixed.
Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
South African Airlines
(Published Program)
Platinum (Star Alliance Gold)
- 100000 Tier Miles (SA only) for 6 consecutive years
Added to table with link - and pleasantly surprised! (Note that it actually is 100,000 SAA tier miles OR six consecutive years as Platinum so 6 x 100,000 Star Alliance Miles). It seems that SAA lifetime Platinum is the easiest to achieve lifetime Star Gold of the listed programs.
100,000 SA miles is 7+ return JNB-NYC flights in any class! with a few thousand other miles from local or connecting flight (CPT etc) (Which at approx $2000 per return is lifetime Star Gold status for $14,000US!). MR anybody?
NOTE: I got the SAA info wrong. Its 6 years of the stated activity above so would cost (at current prices) $84,000 and take 6 years and require 7+ return JNB-NYC flights in each year. The BMI status is cheaper (although takes 10 years) - Star Alliance is definitely the hardest alliance to earn lifetime status on.