lrbenko

Wow, early congrats on 4MM, seriously impressive. Can’t be many 4MM in the system, hopefully they do some decent recognition.
my experience was getting that email, but the gift selection is suspended due to COVID. Not sure how sending a piece of luggage is dangerous in a Covid world, but who knows.

lrbenko

Update: So I did get the welcome to Million Miler email from Delta, and was told a package would be coming to my registered address and I now have a $250 Delta credit to use. It implied heavily that the million miler gift selection is now no longer an option (addressed in another thread). This is just my luck as oddly enough, I had been looking forward to choosing that luggage gift since I started flying Delta. I know the options weren't that great and it was more symbolic than anything else, but I had always looked forward to it. Only for that benefit to be canceled less than two weeks after I hit 1 million miles. Gotta love it!
I'm not really angry about it, and I like the $250 Delta credit, I'm more amused at my tremendous luck. Oh well.

MSPeconomist

I hit 2MM on a TPAC NRT-MSP flight in D1, IIRC on a 777 (window seat on the right side, probably about row 5). It was the middle of the night, but I had been following the flight path on the seat back monitor, so when I guessed that we had crossed the threshold, I walked to the galley and asked for a glass of champagne to celebrate. The FA said that she would bring it to my seat and then (as a joke) brought me champagne in a little ceramic sake cup. She invited me to keep the cup as a souvenir and promptly brought me a proper glass of champagne. It was low-key but fun, and I was a bit relieved that there was no PA announcement later.

TheHorta

I had no clue I hit MM until I got the email.

I started flying DL in 2017. Before that I was a UA devotee.

lrbenko

Thats pretty cool. I had wanted to be on a better, longer flight that had the ability to track the progress. Very nice that the flight attendant wanted to help with crossing that milestone.

lrbenko

Seriously!? That pretty funny. You must fly a ton of international long hauls to qualify for million miler in that relatively short time. It’s taken me a lot longer, but I should cross the million mile mark on AA in about two years.

jimrpa

I’m pretty sure I hit 1MM someplace in coach on an MD-88

lrbenko

I don't really miss the old Mad Dog 88's. They were better than the ERJ 175's!

Lomapaseo

Yup and their IFE was the guy humming next to you

MikeyZBT

I love these stories of when people passed their Million Mileage moments. I'll probably (hopefully) hit 1MM in 3 years or so. Looking forward to that moment!

TheHorta

Actually, 2016, but sparingly. I officially divorced UA and married DL in 2017.

After 5 years, I’d call it a lateral move. I’m MM on UA and they give lifetime Gold.

jamesteroh

Congrats! I was looking forward to crossing mine in the air in the air on a Paris flight but my 15K MQM boost posted a couple days before the flight and so I wasint' in the air when I met the milestone.

photojojo

Ugh, Mein Gott, not a trip goes by that I don't give a forlorn look back up the escalators as I continue on to B. That was hands down one of the most beautiful clubs of all the legacy carriers at that time.

lrbenko

I would tend to agree. I was pretty diehard Delta for about 8 years and then switched to AA in 2015. I would say fairly lateral move as well. To me, most domestic carriers have been reduced to sad buses in the sky with the occasional exception and nice experience. I feel the glory days of frequent travel benefits are long gone now.

CMK10

Nicely done! The only MM threshold I've crossed was with AA. I did it on a US Airways A-321 from CLT-MSP. I was in First but it was hardly a fitting flight for a milestone.

Hopefully in 25 years or so when according to my projections I'll get there with Delta I do it in a better way.