Met an 8M Mile EXP on a WN flight
Dec 5, 2010, 1:16 pm
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Met an 8M Mile EXP on a WN flight
A couple of days ago I was flying AUS-PHX on WN. The guy in front of me in the A line had a sliver EXP tag on his carryon that said 8M Miles. So I got to talking to him. He also had over 100 segments on WN this year. He said he was nearing 9M and was hoping to get to 10M, but wasn't sure he'd make it. One interesting thing he mentioned was that he got 1M in one year when there was a three for one promotion going on and he had over 300K BIS miles -- I didn't remember that one -- maybe before my time. He was a really nice guy. I have no idea what he did, but he certainly flew a lot!
Dec 5, 2010, 1:46 pm
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EXP tags are black. PLTs are silver.
Dec 5, 2010, 1:52 pm
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I met a guy with a 14MM EXP tag back in 2004, JFK-NRT. He was in F and I was in J, but we sat together on the hotel shuttle. Very interesting older (and apparently extremely wealthy) gentleman who went around the world finding start-up companies to invest in.
Dec 5, 2010, 2:21 pm
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No, he had to mingle with the riffraff (me). Actually there we were the only pax on the shuttle, along with a handful of cabin crew members who seemed to know this guy very well. IIRC, he had owned a string of Spanish-language radio stations which he sold for a huge amount of money.
Dec 5, 2010, 2:49 pm
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You're right of course. Black. A slip of the tongue. Probably because my own is regrettably only silver right now. I also learned that when you hit 100 segments on WN you get free companion tickets. Didn't know about that one. Anyhow, I haven't met that many folks with over 8M. Maybe I'm easily impressed. :-)
Dec 5, 2010, 8:52 pm
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A couple of days ago I was flying AUS-PHX on WN. The guy in front of me in the A line had a sliver EXP tag on his carryon that said 8M Miles. So I got to talking to him. He also had over 100 segments on WN this year. He said he was nearing 9M and was hoping to get to 10M, but wasn't sure he'd make it. One interesting thing he mentioned was that he got 1M in one year when there was a three for one promotion going on and he had over 300K BIS miles -- I didn't remember that one -- maybe before my time. He was a really nice guy. I have no idea what he did, but he certainly flew a lot!
Dec 5, 2010, 9:45 pm
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I met a 4M EXP on my way from LGA to DFW.. Unfortunately he was on Economy Middle seat 
confused:..
AA should do something to keep their EXPs away from Middle seats . ( atleast try)
confused:.. AA should do something to keep their EXPs away from Middle seats . ( atleast try)
Dec 5, 2010, 9:51 pm
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Maybe he was a current EXP and had an old 8MM PLT tag on his bag.
I have a small bag that I had my laptop in a week or so ago. It has an old 1MM PLT tag on it (I will hit 3MM next year and have been EXP I am about to make EXP for the third year in a row.... Of course 200K+ miles are on from 50K+ of BIS in RDU bonus flying over a 1 1/2 month period. I was on a WN flight from SJC-SNA yesterday, due to the AA cutbacks in the SF Bay Area, especially at SJC.
I have a small bag that I had my laptop in a week or so ago. It has an old 1MM PLT tag on it (I will hit 3MM next year and have been EXP I am about to make EXP for the third year in a row.... Of course 200K+ miles are on from 50K+ of BIS in RDU bonus flying over a 1 1/2 month period. I was on a WN flight from SJC-SNA yesterday, due to the AA cutbacks in the SF Bay Area, especially at SJC.
Dec 6, 2010, 7:08 am
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Dec 6, 2010, 7:11 am
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Dec 6, 2010, 7:50 am
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One interesting thing he mentioned was that he got 1M in one year when there was a three for one promotion going on and he had over 300K BIS miles -- I didn't remember that one -- maybe before my time. He was a really nice guy. I have no idea what he did, but he certainly flew a lot!
There was also a three for one promotion last year, on nonstop flights between BOS and SAN/LAX/SFO. That one ran for about 3 1/2 months, IIRC.
Dec 6, 2010, 8:01 am
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Ahhh but listen to all the people who complain they can't select a seat on BA because they don't have status and they've bought a discounted ticket. There really doesn't seem to be a perfect solution.