Medallion Member Check in Email
Aug 22, 2019, 1:40 pm
#1
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Medallion Member Check in Email
Anybody else get this Medallion Member Check In Email?
Apparently I am in the top 3% of ATL flyers which is both surprising and also very depressing
Apparently I am in the top 3% of ATL flyers which is both surprising and also very depressing
Aug 22, 2019, 1:51 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Yep. Mine didn't have anything about top x% for anything though.
Mine had:
- Miles flown
- Cities flown to
- # of D1 trips
- # of countries visited
Seems to be accurate for the first 6 (maybe 7) months of the year.
Mine had:
- Miles flown
- Cities flown to
- # of D1 trips
- # of countries visited
Seems to be accurate for the first 6 (maybe 7) months of the year.
Aug 22, 2019, 1:54 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Mine is similar to yours. I did notice that it seems to be including flights on Tier 1 partners in my country/mileage stats, but not other SkyTeam partners. Nothing to be drawn from that, just trivia.
Aug 22, 2019, 2:25 pm
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I got mine earlier today: % of MSP, countries, D1 segments, and (actual?) miles.
ADDED: It's not at all clear what criterion was used for the top % calculation.
ADDED: It's not at all clear what criterion was used for the top % calculation.
Last edited by MSPeconomist; Aug 22, 2019 at 2:40 pm
Aug 22, 2019, 2:27 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2016
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Apparently I'm in the top 24% of LA flyers. As an FO, I'm surprised that that percentage is that low - I wonder how it's calculated, whether by miles flown, MQM, MQD, etc...
Mine has % of travelers, # of countries, miles flown, and # of cities. My number of cities seems much lower than I've actually been through (even if they're not counting VS flights or connecting points, I think the number of cities is accurate for my travel as of May 2019).
Mine has % of travelers, # of countries, miles flown, and # of cities. My number of cities seems much lower than I've actually been through (even if they're not counting VS flights or connecting points, I think the number of cities is accurate for my travel as of May 2019).
Aug 22, 2019, 3:30 pm
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Aug 22, 2019, 4:19 pm
#9
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Mine was not entirely accurate - I've flown to both Mexico and Canada on Delta metal this year but it said only one country. Maybe we're annexing? 
I'm not sure I believe the mile stats either. It says I'm in the the top 5% of Diamond medallions in terms of miles flown so far (124K). Unless they're excluding 360s from that number, I don't think that's right.
I'm not sure I believe the mile stats either. It says I'm in the the top 5% of Diamond medallions in terms of miles flown so far (124K). Unless they're excluding 360s from that number, I don't think that's right.
Aug 22, 2019, 4:24 pm
#10
Join Date: Aug 2012
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My city and country count is wrong, presumably because whatever batch process they used to calculate it didn't parse a transatlantic open jaw exception fare ticket (ie. river cruise purchased with airfare included) properly.
Aug 22, 2019, 5:45 pm
#14
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Honestly, the stat makes a lot more sense if it is "Top X% of ALL Medallion flyers" - that would make my "Top 5% of Diamond Medallions" make more sense - there is no way I am top 5% among Diamonds, but probably top 5% among all Medallions. And in that context, 22% is probably right for an outstation like SJC.
edit: Entel's figures tell me that isn't right as there is no way any PM would be top 5% of all Medallions, so sounds like it is in fact within status comparison.
Aug 22, 2019, 5:48 pm
#15
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I don’t consider any of those stats particularly impressive for NYC, but if anything got me in the top 1% (other than faulty algorithm), it has to be the miles flown.