Finally! PM for the first time.
#16
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im a bit intrigued by 1225's comment. I will be about 1300 miles short of DM by years end and I chose NOT to do a MR. I'd rather stay at PM. Ones current milleage accrual does not play a factor in deciding on UG's does it? is this new? so two PM vying for the same seat and all other things being equal the one who has accrued 120,000 MQM's will get the UG ahead of the one who'd only accrued 80,000 MQM's to date?
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Why do they do this? Do they not want to be DM because the perceived benefit of DM over PM is not so great and they're afraid not be flying 75k over the next year? I'm already mourning my lost DM benefits (higher UG% and SC membership) as I will likely make 115k and can't go higher unless I do a major MR.
im a bit intrigued by 1225's comment. I will be about 1300 miles short of DM by years end and I chose NOT to do a MR. I'd rather stay at PM. Ones current milleage accrual does not play a factor in deciding on UG's does it? is this new? so two PM vying for the same seat and all other things being equal the one who has accrued 120,000 MQM's will get the UG ahead of the one who'd only accrued 80,000 MQM's to date?
I am one of those. Will be sitting on 124K MQMs after by Christmas TATL home. I figure that will give me 49K rollover and so easy to get PM for 2014 with some rollover for 2015 too. If I did a 2.5k mqm purchase to get me to 125K or even change my TATL routing to go via AMS - yes I would be Diamond but probably only Gold in 2014. I would prefer to be PM - PM rather than Diamond-Gold.
However, I am a little intrigued but I think I know the answer. IN the extremely unlikely situation of two PMs vying for the same upgrade, both on the same fare - let us say T, both having DL Plat Amex both booking at similar times, both OLCI at similar times, the system would NOT differentiate between the PM with 75k mqms and the one with 124k mqms?
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Wow I think I have finally got the hang of multiquote
I am one of those. Will be sitting on 124K MQMs after by Christmas TATL home. I figure that will give me 49K rollover and so easy to get PM for 2014 with some rollover for 2015 too. If I did a 2.5k mqm purchase to get me to 125K or even change my TATL routing to go via AMS - yes I would be Diamond but probably only Gold in 2014. I would prefer to be PM - PM rather than Diamond-Gold.
However, I am a little intrigued but I think I know the answer. IN the extremely unlikely situation of two PMs vying for the same upgrade, both on the same fare - let us say T, both having DL Plat Amex both booking at similar times, both OLCI at similar times, the system would NOT differentiate between the PM with 75k mqms and the one with 124k mqms?
I am one of those. Will be sitting on 124K MQMs after by Christmas TATL home. I figure that will give me 49K rollover and so easy to get PM for 2014 with some rollover for 2015 too. If I did a 2.5k mqm purchase to get me to 125K or even change my TATL routing to go via AMS - yes I would be Diamond but probably only Gold in 2014. I would prefer to be PM - PM rather than Diamond-Gold.
However, I am a little intrigued but I think I know the answer. IN the extremely unlikely situation of two PMs vying for the same upgrade, both on the same fare - let us say T, both having DL Plat Amex both booking at similar times, both OLCI at similar times, the system would NOT differentiate between the PM with 75k mqms and the one with 124k mqms?
The final tiebreaker is time of upgrade request which is normally time of ticketing, presumably recorded down to the second by delta.dumb so having a tie here should not happen.
#20
Join Date: Jan 2012
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It has never happened to me but I have read of others on this forum being 100-1000 or so miles below the next status threshold but Delta has given them the higher status (and no rollover miles) anyway. If this is true sitting at 124,500 miles may not be a good thing. Can anyone confirm this?
#21
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
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Posts: 102,617
It has never happened to me but I have read of others on this forum being 100-1000 or so miles below the next status threshold but Delta has given them the higher status (and no rollover miles) anyway. If this is true sitting at 124,500 miles may not be a good thing. Can anyone confirm this?
#24


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Wow I think I have finally got the hang of multiquote
I am one of those. Will be sitting on 124K MQMs after by Christmas TATL home. I figure that will give me 49K rollover and so easy to get PM for 2014 with some rollover for 2015 too. If I did a 2.5k mqm purchase to get me to 125K or even change my TATL routing to go via AMS - yes I would be Diamond but probably only Gold in 2014. I would prefer to be PM - PM rather than Diamond-Gold.
I am one of those. Will be sitting on 124K MQMs after by Christmas TATL home. I figure that will give me 49K rollover and so easy to get PM for 2014 with some rollover for 2015 too. If I did a 2.5k mqm purchase to get me to 125K or even change my TATL routing to go via AMS - yes I would be Diamond but probably only Gold in 2014. I would prefer to be PM - PM rather than Diamond-Gold.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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On the other hand - you mention your husband has no status. If you reach PM, then you can gift him FO.

