Million Miler happened in my sleep...
Mar 27, 2017, 11:38 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: TPA or In Flight
Programs: DL PM, 1MM
Posts: 671
Million Miler happened in my sleep...
I was looking forward to my trips this year to figure out when I would cross the 1MM threshold. I was only about 8,000 miles away.
Then I woke up a few days ago at home with a Welcome To One Million Miles e-mail...what???
Turns out, my heavy spending this year already triggered my first AmEx 10,000MQM bonus...and there I was...kind of disappointing...
As said before, for all the fanfare in the e-mail...not much really exciting about the status...I could go on and on...it should probably be GM not FO with all the changes over the years...but no point...it is what it is.
I'll probably get the Tumi Tegra-lite, but even that appears to be an obsolete model at this point. Not even sure I want another bag. Perhaps Tiffany pearls for Mrs. tgtg.
Then I woke up a few days ago at home with a Welcome To One Million Miles e-mail...what???
Turns out, my heavy spending this year already triggered my first AmEx 10,000MQM bonus...and there I was...kind of disappointing...
As said before, for all the fanfare in the e-mail...not much really exciting about the status...I could go on and on...it should probably be GM not FO with all the changes over the years...but no point...it is what it is.
I'll probably get the Tumi Tegra-lite, but even that appears to be an obsolete model at this point. Not even sure I want another bag. Perhaps Tiffany pearls for Mrs. tgtg.
Mar 27, 2017, 12:19 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tricoastal - London, New York, Silicon Valley
Programs: DL DM/2.5MM, 20 Years Top Tier on DL, UA 1K, AC E75k, MR/SPG Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,309
My experience....
When I hit 1MM somewhere over the Atlantic JFK-AMS, they woke the entire plane up at 3 AM and threw a huge party for me! It was kind of like that Swiss Airlines scene in "The Wolf of Wall Street"!
***NOT***
Seriously, that's a bummer that you AMEX'd it (not your fault of course). I remember when I hit 2MM on DL, I was kind of excited because it was the same route (ATL-LHR) that I flew my first DL flight in 1982! That drove some interesting conversation in the galley with the FAs. Most were ex-PanAm and had some great stories...
Congrats OP!
TFD
***NOT***
Seriously, that's a bummer that you AMEX'd it (not your fault of course). I remember when I hit 2MM on DL, I was kind of excited because it was the same route (ATL-LHR) that I flew my first DL flight in 1982! That drove some interesting conversation in the galley with the FAs. Most were ex-PanAm and had some great stories...
Congrats OP!
TFD
Mar 27, 2017, 4:49 pm
#6
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: PDX
Programs: DL DM MM Marriott Plat Hertz PC
Posts: 225
I hit the million mark sitting on my couch. Sitting at 996,000 and found an old Delta mileage card in my desk from 1992 with who knows how many miles. Called the diamond line and asked if I could merge it and boom....next thing I know I'm getting the "thanks for being a MM blah blah.....poured a nice glass of Cabernet and celebrated.
Mar 27, 2017, 4:51 pm
#7
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
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I hit the million mark sitting on my couch. Sitting at 996,000 and found an old Delta mileage card in my desk from 1992 with who knows how many miles. Called the diamond line and asked if I could merge it and boom....next thing I know I'm getting the "thanks for being a MM blah blah.....poured a nice glass of Cabernet and celebrated.
Mar 27, 2017, 5:20 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Nashville, & wherever I'm working
Programs: Delta 2MM DM, Hilton Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 104
Congrats on MM. I get the letdown though. I know I will get a bunch of flak for saying this but I think the MM program should be actual miles flown. I'm at about 1.5mm. I don't do the amex thing. To me there's something a bit more valid when it's miles flown. I don't care that you might get the MM perk, just think they should post miles flown. When miles flown passes 1MM or 2 or more, that's a real milestone.
JMHO,
Tracy
JMHO,
Tracy
Mar 27, 2017, 5:31 pm
#10
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: PDX
Programs: DL DM MM Marriott Plat Hertz PC
Posts: 225
Congrats on MM. I get the letdown though. I know I will get a bunch of flak for saying this but I think the MM program should be actual miles flown. I'm at about 1.5mm. I don't do the amex thing. To me there's something a bit more valid when it's miles flown. I don't care that you might get the MM perk, just think they should post miles flown. When miles flown passes 1MM or 2 or more, that's a real milestone.
JMHO,
Tracy
JMHO,
Tracy
Even if they did.....twouldn't matter now would it.
Mar 27, 2017, 5:36 pm
#11
In memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PIT
Programs: DM life is over 2MM PM now & NW MillionAir Wyndham Rewards Plat -Hotels.com Silver -Accor Silver
Posts: 15,408
As far as whether or not they have some secret separate tally of miles, who knows. I don't think anybody here would be surprised.
Mar 27, 2017, 5:45 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2014
Location: PWM
Programs: Delta PM
Posts: 822
Congrats on MM. I get the letdown though. I know I will get a bunch of flak for saying this but I think the MM program should be actual miles flown. I'm at about 1.5mm. I don't do the amex thing. To me there's something a bit more valid when it's miles flown. I don't care that you might get the MM perk, just think they should post miles flown. When miles flown passes 1MM or 2 or more, that's a real milestone.
JMHO,
Tracy
JMHO,
Tracy
Mar 27, 2017, 9:24 pm
#14
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: DL DM & 5MM, WN
Posts: 1,451
Actually, Western Airlines did give full miles on award tickets for a while, as well as miles for all of your family members travelling with you credited to your account. So a block of my first million Delta miles came from that bit of fluff. But I also remember getting 88 Delta miles for riding the Lufthansa Airport Express train from Bonn to Frankfurt.
Mar 27, 2017, 10:20 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: MA
Programs: DL DM, AA GE, CP ED
Posts: 256
Beware of your MM selection. Some rift between DL and Tumi whereby you selected the expandable and they send you the basic. Tumi is fixing it now but they are suggesting the wrong product is in the MM page. Just make sure you get what you picked.