Population of Various Million Milers
Nov 11, 2015, 1:34 pm
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Population of Various Million Milers
Was on a flight recently sitting next to a guy with a 7 million miler bag tag. At current pace, I will likely hit 2 million in the next couple of years. I've frequently seen 2 million miler bag tags and occasionally 3 million, but never more than 3 million with the lone exception of Mr. 7 million.
For the sake of trivia is there any data, anecdotal or otherwise, to indicate the population at each Million Miler level?
For the sake of trivia is there any data, anecdotal or otherwise, to indicate the population at each Million Miler level?
Nov 11, 2015, 4:00 pm
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Multiple million miler was easy to get a few years back as credit card spend counted
So those 7 Million miler tags will become rarer as folks die
A new MBA will struggle to get 7M whereas a 55 year old business owner had it much easier
So those 7 Million miler tags will become rarer as folks die
A new MBA will struggle to get 7M whereas a 55 year old business owner had it much easier
Nov 11, 2015, 4:11 pm
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I flew with a guy from MSP-DCA that had a 7M. He said he has been flying to Australia and Asia for years very frequently. I would not doubt if he had the CC spend addition as well though.
Nov 11, 2015, 4:12 pm
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I have no idea if this is relevant to the OP but I have 4.5 million and started flying in April 1990. Pretty constant travel for me. But like my Flying Colonel status, not sure it means anything now
Nov 11, 2015, 6:53 pm
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Let's hope at least half of that was from card spending. Spending that much time on an airplane would be torture for me. Slowly but surely we are making advances in technology that should significantly reduce the need for business travel. The Internet and satellites replaced the Concorde. You don't need to send a courier to have a document signed anymore thanks to technology. It will be a struggle for companies until the older workforce retires though. I always get a laugh out of how older people refer to young people as "entitled". I don't need to be on an airplane 70% of the month in order to feel important...
Nov 11, 2015, 6:54 pm
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OP: search DL forum member name Oldtiredandbusy...he's approaching 7MM but other posts related to his user name reveal some unscientific data about other extreme MMs in the DL world.
And did you ask that 7MM about the "unique experience" they get at that level?
And did you ask that 7MM about the "unique experience" they get at that level?
Nov 11, 2015, 7:27 pm
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Nov 11, 2015, 8:07 pm
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This is not accurate for DL. A couple of decades ago (early nineties) bonus miles from DL flights counted for Million Miler status but at that time there was no credit card affiliation. Delta AmEx gives MQMs (up to 60K a year if one has Business and Personal Reserve cards and spends $120K a year on them), but that started in the late nineties (the Reserve card came later) and is still the case. So, unless your affiliation with Delta goes back to the eighties, it was not easier to earn multiple million mile status in the past than it is now.
Nov 12, 2015, 7:23 am
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Back in the 90's everything counted toward MM, including car rentals (minimum 1000 miles per rental), hotels, etc. My first MM was relatively easy, but the second one (where I now sit) took considerably longer due to the tightening up of the rules. I would think there are lots of folks with either one or two MM, but the real road warriors with lots of TPAC and TATL travel no doubt are the ones in the 5-7 range. I personally have never heard or seen anyone with more than 7MM.
Nov 12, 2015, 7:30 am
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Back in the 90's everything counted toward MM, including car rentals (minimum 1000 miles per rental), hotels, etc. My first MM was relatively easy, but the second one (where I now sit) took considerably longer due to the tightening up of the rules. I would think there are lots of folks with either one or two MM, but the real road warriors with lots of TPAC and TATL travel no doubt are the ones in the 5-7 range. I personally have never heard or seen anyone with more than 7MM.
In fact, if we're looking at MM status by hub, I suspect that ATL and other PMDL hubs have many more MMers and especially many more multiple MM status (would that be MMMers?) customers compared to PMNW hubs like MSP and DTW. Of course, as time goes on, the differences will become less pronouced due to people moving, dying, leaving for other airlines, etc.
Nov 12, 2015, 10:30 am
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Nov 12, 2015, 10:40 am
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Correct - I have a DL Plat Amex and got 10,000MQMs in May (counted towards my MM total) and very recently hit 50K spend and I assume in the next few days will get another 10K MQMs also counting to MM status.