Lifetime Elite
Aug 17, 2002 | 9:18 pm
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Lifetime Elite
Does CO or any airline offer lifetime elite anymore? I heard CO did it at one point when the member had something like 5 consecutive years of a certain elite level. Anyone know anything about this today?
Thanks,
Craig
Thanks,
Craig
Aug 17, 2002 | 9:27 pm
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Gone with the wind about 7 or 8 years ago when many of us (present company included) looked down our noses at such things as Continental Lite and had jumped ship for a few years until the resuscitation brought us back too late to have qualified.
There are some of these Infinites hanging around this board and if you do a search, you'll find most of the details.
There are some of these Infinites hanging around this board and if you do a search, you'll find most of the details.
Aug 18, 2002 | 8:36 am
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AA offers the easiest wasy to get to lifetime status: 1 million miles earned any way (including Visa charges) gets you lifetime gold and 2 million miles gives you lifetime platinum. UA and DL also offer lifetime programs, based on actual miles flown.
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.
Dec 28, 2002 | 1:01 am
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For AA - is this 1 million miles at one time in your account, or cumulatively earned over the life of your account?!
Dec 28, 2002 | 1:24 am
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if anyone can earn 1 million 'flight' miles in a year on one airline i think we should take them out to dinner...
Dec 28, 2002 | 9:48 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by freakflyer:
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.</font>
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.</font>
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Dec 28, 2002 | 10:04 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by welookgood.com:
if anyone can earn 1 million 'flight' miles in a year on one airline i think we should take them out to dinner...</font>
if anyone can earn 1 million 'flight' miles in a year on one airline i think we should take them out to dinner...</font>
Dec 28, 2002 | 2:21 pm
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Good challenge. To fly 1,000,000 miles a year from CO's domestic hubs, you'd have to be a weekly commuter on:
Newark - Sydney
Cleveland - Jakarta (that's a long RJ flight!)
Houston - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Newark - Sydney
Cleveland - Jakarta (that's a long RJ flight!)
Houston - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dec 28, 2002 | 3:07 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by freakflyer:
AA offers the easiest wasy to get to lifetime status: 1 million miles earned any way (including Visa charges) gets you lifetime gold and 2 million miles gives you lifetime platinum. UA and DL also offer lifetime programs, based on actual miles flown.
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.</font>
AA offers the easiest wasy to get to lifetime status: 1 million miles earned any way (including Visa charges) gets you lifetime gold and 2 million miles gives you lifetime platinum. UA and DL also offer lifetime programs, based on actual miles flown.
None of these offer lifetime status in their top level - as CO did with their infinite elite.</font>
I wonder this then. If and when there is a way to convert CO miles to AA miles at a 1:1 ratio, can I earn lifetime elite by transferring 1 million OnePass miles for 1 million AAdvantage miles? My guess is AA will start to place restrictions on the lifetime elite program if they eventually become aware of the ability to transfer other airline miles into AAdvantage miles at a 1:1 ratio.
Dec 29, 2002 | 7:42 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cab747:
I wonder this then. If and when there is a way to convert CO miles to AA miles at a 1:1 ratio, can I earn lifetime elite by transferring 1 million OnePass miles for 1 million AAdvantage miles? My guess is AA will start to place restrictions on the lifetime elite program if they eventually become aware of the ability to transfer other airline miles into AAdvantage miles at a 1:1 ratio.</font>
I wonder this then. If and when there is a way to convert CO miles to AA miles at a 1:1 ratio, can I earn lifetime elite by transferring 1 million OnePass miles for 1 million AAdvantage miles? My guess is AA will start to place restrictions on the lifetime elite program if they eventually become aware of the ability to transfer other airline miles into AAdvantage miles at a 1:1 ratio.</font>
If I recall correctly, there are a few FTers who earned lifetime elite status on AA solely via the Valumags promotion last year (purchasing magazines for Goldpoints and converting the Goldpoints into AA miles).
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Dec 29, 2002 | 10:09 pm
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Deleted, as I answered my own question.
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Dec 29, 2002 | 10:11 pm
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Ok, if there is a way to convert all my OnePass miles into AAdvantage miles at 1:1, someone please share the details. I am a bit shakey when reading the Starwood website.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Dec 29, 2002 | 10:32 pm
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Deleted due to redundancy.
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