How long do you get to keep your status?
Feb 20, 2007 | 2:23 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 5
How long do you get to keep your status?
My MP membership year goes from Oct 1 to Sept 30. If I fly 30,000 miles in the next 2 months, I will get Silver immediately with my status miles reset to zero.
My question is do I get to keep the Silver Status next year meaning I can earn the Gold status if I fly 60,000 miles from Oct 1, 2007 to Sept 30, 2008? Am I correct? Thanks.
My question is do I get to keep the Silver Status next year meaning I can earn the Gold status if I fly 60,000 miles from Oct 1, 2007 to Sept 30, 2008? Am I correct? Thanks.
Feb 20, 2007 | 2:35 pm
#2
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: OR
Posts: 1,633
Let say, if you achieved sliver status in April, 07, I believe your sliver status will last from April, 07 to April 30, 2008. During this period, if you fly more than 60000 miles, you will be upgraded to gold status with a valid period of 12 months immediately follow.
Feb 20, 2007 | 5:34 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: None any more
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Just to expand on that, if you achieve 30,000 miles on, say, 20 April you will become Silver and your new membership year will be 20 April 2007 to 30 April 2008.
If, for example, you then got 60,000 more miles by December 12, you would become Gold and your new membership year would be 12 December 2007 - 31 December 2008.
Your membership year stays the same if you renew at the same level or drop down one or more levels. It changes when you go up a level.
If, for example, you then got 60,000 more miles by December 12, you would become Gold and your new membership year would be 12 December 2007 - 31 December 2008.
Your membership year stays the same if you renew at the same level or drop down one or more levels. It changes when you go up a level.
Feb 22, 2007 | 2:09 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programs: CX Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Plat, IC Plat, HHonours Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 15
It is still a bit confusing. Does it mean that to get to Gold from 0 club mile, you have to fly 30K miles first to get to Silver and then an additional 60K to get to Gold? It'll make the total miles to achieve Gold 90K miles. Is it correct?
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
Feb 22, 2007 | 2:54 pm
#5
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
Posts: 19,593
It is still a bit confusing. Does it mean that to get to Gold from 0 club mile, you have to fly 30K miles first to get to Silver and then an additional 60K to get to Gold? It'll make the total miles to achieve Gold 90K miles. Is it correct?
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
CX Diamond is probably the most valuable airline status around, certainly a lot more valuable than AC top tier. CX has deliberately made it hard to earn, to keep the number of Diamonds small. Well worth having if you fly CX, esp. if not in F.
Feb 22, 2007 | 3:23 pm
#6
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SJC/SFO/OAK
Programs: BD Gold (and future SEN), 0.2MM AA EXP, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 3,107
It is still a bit confusing. Does it mean that to get to Gold from 0 club mile, you have to fly 30K miles first to get to Silver and then an additional 60K to get to Gold? It'll make the total miles to achieve Gold 90K miles. Is it correct?
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
If this is the way it works, to get to Diamond, it will take someone with 0 club mile initially a total of 210K miles (30K + 60K + 120K). Sounds very tough.
It is also very different comparing to the other frequent flyer programs. For example, it only takes someone 100K miles (in total) during Jan 01 to Dec 31 to get to the top tier for Air Canada Aeroplan.
I also think that there's a difference in service levels, amenities, benefits, lounges, aircraft, seats and awards. More likely than not, the reason why the likes of BA, CX, LH and SQ make making top tier so difficult is to maintain exclusivity and to ensure that already high (by domestic USA carriers) service levels are even higher for these top fliers.
Oct 17, 2008 | 8:24 am
#7
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: MSP
Programs: LH, DL
Posts: 1,757
Bringing up this old thread because I am still confused. I thought it says in the MPC letter (when one gets status) that an individual may only go up one rung a year. So I was just an AM member, got the requisite 30k/20 segments (mostly in Asia) and was given Silver Status just 2 months ago.
Now I thought I would have to fly 30k this year just to maintain it and that I would not be moved up regardless of how much I fly due to the "one level a year" rule. In other words, I fly another 30k/20 segs before next August, I get renewed and then I can go for gold... Yes? No?
Seems based on these posts that one can move a number of levels in a year...
My apologies in advance if this is beating a dead horse for many.
Now I thought I would have to fly 30k this year just to maintain it and that I would not be moved up regardless of how much I fly due to the "one level a year" rule. In other words, I fly another 30k/20 segs before next August, I get renewed and then I can go for gold... Yes? No?
Seems based on these posts that one can move a number of levels in a year...
My apologies in advance if this is beating a dead horse for many.
Oct 17, 2008 | 4:57 pm
#9
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: QF Plat, GC Diamond
Posts: 101
Bringing up this old thread because I am still confused. I thought it says in the MPC letter (when one gets status) that an individual may only go up one rung a year. So I was just an AM member, got the requisite 30k/20 segments (mostly in Asia) and was given Silver Status just 2 months ago.
Now I thought I would have to fly 30k this year just to maintain it and that I would not be moved up regardless of how much I fly due to the "one level a year" rule. In other words, I fly another 30k/20 segs before next August, I get renewed and then I can go for gold... Yes? No?
Seems based on these posts that one can move a number of levels in a year...
My apologies in advance if this is beating a dead horse for many.
Now I thought I would have to fly 30k this year just to maintain it and that I would not be moved up regardless of how much I fly due to the "one level a year" rule. In other words, I fly another 30k/20 segs before next August, I get renewed and then I can go for gold... Yes? No?
Seems based on these posts that one can move a number of levels in a year...
My apologies in advance if this is beating a dead horse for many.
Other airlines don't do this, so I can understand why you're finding it hard to believe.
For instance, with Qantas, you can go all the way to Platinum without your status credits being reset to zero - they even give you two years as a new member!
But CX resets you to zero at every upgrade. It makes Diamond hard to achieve, and once you get there, you wonder whether it was worth it ;-)
Oct 17, 2008 | 5:54 pm
#10
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: PH
Programs: CX DM, SQ KFG, PR PE, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Dia Amb, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 383
.... or better yet qualify to Diamond
Oct 17, 2008 | 7:09 pm
#11
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 8,247
Other airlines don't do this, so I can understand why you're finding it hard to believe.
For instance, with Qantas, you can go all the way to Platinum without your status credits being reset to zero - they even give you two years as a new member!
But CX resets you to zero at every upgrade. It makes Diamond hard to achieve, and once you get there, you wonder whether it was worth it ;-)
For instance, with Qantas, you can go all the way to Platinum without your status credits being reset to zero - they even give you two years as a new member!
But CX resets you to zero at every upgrade. It makes Diamond hard to achieve, and once you get there, you wonder whether it was worth it ;-)