Platinum vs. Diamond
Aug 5, 2015, 1:19 pm
#241
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thanks for the info....still not sure if i want to upgrade to either the plat or reserve card but the 2 extra rdms per dollar sways my decision to take the extra flight to get to diamond....
on another note, my last flight of the year will be on af from cdg-del on the 30th of december....this will probably post in the first week of 2016 but i assume it will count towards 2015????
on another note, my last flight of the year will be on af from cdg-del on the 30th of december....this will probably post in the first week of 2016 but i assume it will count towards 2015????
Aug 5, 2015, 4:53 pm
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i currently have gold status with a mqm total of 73,265 to date....i have 2 more trips booked to the u.s. before the end of the year....the first one in a few weeks would net me 26,181 mqms & the second one in december would net me 25,522 mqms....this would give me a grand total of 124,968 thus leaving me 32 mqms short of diamond status....
given this information, would it be worth doing a mr to get me above the 125k requirement????it seems to me that the only real difference between platinum & diamond are the upgrades, which won't apply to me since i always book a first class fare to begin with....
thoughts????
given this information, would it be worth doing a mr to get me above the 125k requirement????it seems to me that the only real difference between platinum & diamond are the upgrades, which won't apply to me since i always book a first class fare to begin with....
thoughts????
Aug 5, 2015, 4:54 pm
#243
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If departure is this year, it counts for this year. (I believe that it's scheduled departure, so a flight scheduled for 11:30 PM December 31 but delayed for half an hour still counts for this year; but if it's canceled and you're rebooked it might not.)
Aug 5, 2015, 5:41 pm
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If it's cancelled and you're rebooked, you should be able to request ORC but it's better not to count on that.
Aug 5, 2015, 11:34 pm
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Aug 5, 2015, 11:39 pm
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Aug 6, 2015, 6:29 am
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Where did you find a flight for $58? Or was this just a segment added to a ticket rather than being a separate ticket?
Aug 6, 2015, 8:15 am
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I was actually thinking about trying to SDC for the US-only segments on your arrival flights. (I know the general belief here is that SDC is available only for international flights after all the international segments were flown, but that's based on experience with US-foreign-US tickets. I don't know if it applies to the end of each direction of travel, or only the final one.)
Aug 6, 2015, 9:57 am
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lax-sfo on 16th december is available for $58.10....
Last edited by Keyser; Aug 6, 2015 at 10:03 am
Aug 6, 2015, 10:00 am
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i'm supposed to fly lax-phx as a segment on my multi city itinerary....but i can change that to lax-sfo-slc-phx for very little cost....
Last edited by Keyser; Aug 6, 2015 at 10:05 am
Aug 6, 2015, 3:31 pm
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Aug 7, 2015, 12:22 am
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