When will 100% Sky Miles rollover end?
#16
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MQD never rolled over during covid and are a much heavier lift than MQMs for DM status.
#17
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However, people with foreign addresses on their FF accounts are exempt from the MQD requirement. Others get the AmEx waiver from a lot of business spend or by engaging in lots of manufactured spending. Still others do cheap MQD runs on partner airlines. I wonder what fraction of DMs spend $15,000 annually on DL flights.
#18
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I'm usually a high gold or low platinum member & right now I'm a Platinum level with more than enough MQM to be Diamond but... I spend enough on my credit card to get the "exception" for Platinum but no where near enough to become a Diamond.
This last trip there were 40+ people on the upgrade to 1st list. I used to almost always get upgraded, now it's the exception.
When are they going to stop rolling over the entire MQM and go back to just rolling over your "excess" MQM's? And will that make it easier to get upgraded again.
This last trip there were 40+ people on the upgrade to 1st list. I used to almost always get upgraded, now it's the exception.
When are they going to stop rolling over the entire MQM and go back to just rolling over your "excess" MQM's? And will that make it easier to get upgraded again.
#19
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However, people with foreign addresses on their FF accounts are exempt from the MQD requirement. Others get the AmEx waiver from a lot of business spend or by engaging in lots of manufactured spending. Still others do cheap MQD runs on partner airlines. I wonder what fraction of DMs spend $15,000 annually on DL flights.
#20
Join Date: Apr 2015
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And yet your profile shows that your location is NYC. So do all your flights originate in the UK, as otherwise I don’t see how DL can justify allowing you to use a UK address for your MQD exemption? I also have my original home in the UK, but all my flights on DL/VS/SkyTeam originate in the US.
#21
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However, people with foreign addresses on their FF accounts are exempt from the MQD requirement. Others get the AmEx waiver from a lot of business spend or by engaging in lots of manufactured spending. Still others do cheap MQD runs on partner airlines. I wonder what fraction of DMs spend $15,000 annually on DL flights.
#22
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And yet your profile shows that your location is NYC. So do all your flights originate in the UK, as otherwise I dont see how DL can justify allowing you to use a UK address for your MQD exemption? I also have my original home in the UK, but all my flights on DL/VS/SkyTeam originate in the US.
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I can see there being an above average number of non-DMs, especially PMs for next year with the rollover and Amex waiver. DM is still not a walk int he park with the MQD requirement, and I'd have to think that the number of foreign addresses of DMs is quite small especially those that are in the US... so has little impact on other domestic pax for upgrades.
Seems that DL won't be handing out any more unlimited rollover or promotions so that will start to cut back the banked MQM for next year. I would expect to see a significant drop in DMs for 2023 due to the spend requirement and decreased intl travel.
Seems that DL won't be handing out any more unlimited rollover or promotions so that will start to cut back the banked MQM for next year. I would expect to see a significant drop in DMs for 2023 due to the spend requirement and decreased intl travel.
#24
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#25
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A lot of people say this on Flyertalk, but it seems to be that J cabins to Europe has been full since the late spring and will be full the rest of the year. So clearly someone is traveling international. My business colleagues have all been to London/Europe for work, and many more friends have traveled to Europe, often in J. Many of these people will increase their status levels this year due to having more MQM than they usually would have.
#26
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It's not hard to see a Des Moines based Gold or Platinum getting a lot of upgrades.
#27
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#28
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
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Silvers are getting upgraded to F into/out of YYZ these days with some F seats leaving empty.
#30
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Just try the fortress spoke cities in the south like TYS or BHM. Upgrades impossible, even as DM.