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Jan 22, 2019, 9:41 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 894
My stats are waaayyyyy off in the email they sent. Not that I care much.
The most glaring error is the claim that 100% of my flights were for business last year. Nope - personal trips to Mexico City, Seoul, Rome, Buenos Aires, Portland, OR x2, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston.
The most glaring error is the claim that 100% of my flights were for business last year. Nope - personal trips to Mexico City, Seoul, Rome, Buenos Aires, Portland, OR x2, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston.
Jan 22, 2019, 9:46 pm
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: DL PM, MR Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,130
The #SkyGrammer is a bit much (saying this as a millennial who very much embraces Instagram) but respect to the 11 million miler.
My stats are also a bit off but the concept is still quite cool
My stats are also a bit off but the concept is still quite cool
Jan 22, 2019, 10:39 pm
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
My point was that it's remarkable that someone who lives in Champaign, IL would choose to be so loyal to Delta. American is currently the only carrier that serves the regional airport (CMI) and Delta hasn't served that airport since 2010. That leaves flying out of Bloomington (BMI – a regional about an hour drive from Champaign) or flying out of Chicago (about a 2.5 hour drive). Either way, that would still require connecting to a hub to get anywhere.
Presumably he was loyal to Delta / PMNW throughout his career before they left CMI and wanted to stay loyal, but I still think it's remarkable that someone would continue to be so loyal given the changed circumstances.
Presumably he was loyal to Delta / PMNW throughout his career before they left CMI and wanted to stay loyal, but I still think it's remarkable that someone would continue to be so loyal given the changed circumstances.
I think it's better to fly from IND. It has pretty decent DL service and isn't a bad drive from UIUC. IIRC there's a SC but it might be landside, before TSA airport security. Last summer there was even a nonstop from CDG.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:21 am
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
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I suspect that there is at least one person on FT who earned MM status before age 24.
I'm also curious how many active DL FF accounts there are from 1981 and how many of them are elites.
Does anyone know the USN&WR's 30 hot travel spots? It seems strange that the "winner" only visited 7 of them. Maybe a lot are places not served by DL.
My email's "distance flown" seems to have been the actual distance (maybe with the 500 mile minimum per segment) flown during the entire calendar year, not including class of service bonuses, so it's clearly not MQMs earned from flying. All of my partner travel was award tickets, so I don't know whether DL counts partner miles here or not.
I'm also curious how many active DL FF accounts there are from 1981 and how many of them are elites.
Does anyone know the USN&WR's 30 hot travel spots? It seems strange that the "winner" only visited 7 of them. Maybe a lot are places not served by DL.
My email's "distance flown" seems to have been the actual distance (maybe with the 500 mile minimum per segment) flown during the entire calendar year, not including class of service bonuses, so it's clearly not MQMs earned from flying. All of my partner travel was award tickets, so I don't know whether DL counts partner miles here or not.
Jan 23, 2019, 4:26 am
#24
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Jan 23, 2019, 6:58 am
#25
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I doubt his MQM total is too different since it's only recently that the two have diverged (combined with the fact that he's apparently slowed down his travel). Seems very unlikely that his lifetime MQM isn't over 2M.
Jan 23, 2019, 7:06 am
#26
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: DL DM, UA Gold, Alaska MVP, Bonvoy (lol) Ambassador
Posts: 2,994
Well, if the Delta milestones page is believed, you didn't have to fly very much to be the top 1% in SJC. The "top miler" in SJC was said to only have 208K miles.
I honestly believe these numbers are just wrong - they seem way too low to me. The top miler in SJC is 208K? The top miler in RDU is only 270K? That's incredibly low (esp for RDU which is basically a mini-hub). Delta says I flew 244K miles on my page (which sounds about right if you look at my MQM, adjust for bonuses, and include my award tix which included EZE and PVG this year, among some other short hauls) and I don't consider myself an ultra-miler - I am mostly mid-con (ATL->West Coast) domestic traveler - a travel pattern that is pretty common.
I honestly believe these numbers are just wrong - they seem way too low to me. The top miler in SJC is 208K? The top miler in RDU is only 270K? That's incredibly low (esp for RDU which is basically a mini-hub). Delta says I flew 244K miles on my page (which sounds about right if you look at my MQM, adjust for bonuses, and include my award tix which included EZE and PVG this year, among some other short hauls) and I don't consider myself an ultra-miler - I am mostly mid-con (ATL->West Coast) domestic traveler - a travel pattern that is pretty common.
Jan 23, 2019, 7:11 am
#27
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It's also not clear if they're talking about MQM or actual butt-in-seat miles. I'm sure most of the top MQM earners have a huge difference between the actual mileage they flew and the MQM they earned.
Jan 23, 2019, 7:22 am
#29
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: DL DM, UA Gold, Alaska MVP, Bonvoy (lol) Ambassador
Posts: 2,994
All my Delta-credited flying was on Delta metal / 006 ticket stock so no confounding variables there.