is it worth it
Jul 11, 2005, 7:13 pm
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is it worth it
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
Jul 11, 2005, 7:19 pm
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Originally Posted by rbain
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
Jul 11, 2005, 7:27 pm
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Originally Posted by rbain
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
Jul 12, 2005, 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by rbain
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
Jul 12, 2005, 1:07 am
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If you have the time, energy and what not. Just go for it. I would. 
Jul 12, 2005, 6:00 am
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Yes it's worth it.. I asked this same question last year when I was at 95k, and I went from 80% upgrades as GM to 100% so far this year as PM. Can't complain about that..
Jul 12, 2005, 6:23 am
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Don't forget the PMUs, For me Based in Ireland, these transatlantic upgrades are the biz
Jul 12, 2005, 7:01 am
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For me I am making sure I hit atleast PMlite but looks like it will be PM with over 120K miles this year thanks to creative routings out of SLC to the east coast.
For Example this trip - SLC-JFK got me 5600 miles routing thru ORD/ATL/CVG not the normal 2970 miles. Those miles might come in handy, just too bad that my flright from ATL to JFK sunday night was 2 1/2 hrs delayed becuase the crew timed out and the new crew was 2 hrs out????
For Example this trip - SLC-JFK got me 5600 miles routing thru ORD/ATL/CVG not the normal 2970 miles. Those miles might come in handy, just too bad that my flright from ATL to JFK sunday night was 2 1/2 hrs delayed becuase the crew timed out and the new crew was 2 hrs out????
Jul 12, 2005, 8:49 am
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I regretted not going for GM a couple of years ago when I started frequent flying with DL. I made PM for the first time last year.
I say "go for it!!" You will not regret it, and the added bennnies of free CRC access and earlier upgrade window make it worth it-if it can be accomplished w/o significant additional cost.
I say "go for it!!" You will not regret it, and the added bennnies of free CRC access and earlier upgrade window make it worth it-if it can be accomplished w/o significant additional cost.
Jul 12, 2005, 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by rbain
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
But to answer your question, if you plan to fly as much in 2006 as you have in 2005, PM (and thus CRC) is definitely worth an extra trip.
Jul 12, 2005, 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by rbain
I'm going to finish off the year with 69910 miles should I take a west cost trip to make plat? Im flying out of gso or rdu.
Jul 12, 2005, 7:15 pm
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Thank you mtparadis I will not disclose your trip details, but from RDU it is a great deal
Jul 12, 2005, 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by rbain
Thank you mtparadis I will not disclose your trip details, but from RDU it is a great deal
Any RDU-based DL flyers, feel free to PM me if you're in need of a good, almost always available run out of Raleigh. I'm happy to share, just don't want Delta to read this and realize the idiocy of their routing rules.
Jul 12, 2005, 7:58 pm
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Originally Posted by mtparadis
Thank you.
Any RDU-based DL flyers, feel free to PM me if you're in need of a good, almost always available run out of Raleigh. I'm happy to share, just don't want Delta to read this and realize the idiocy of their routing rules.
Any RDU-based DL flyers, feel free to PM me if you're in need of a good, almost always available run out of Raleigh. I'm happy to share, just don't want Delta to read this and realize the idiocy of their routing rules.
FlyerTalk is about sharing data. If you don't think Delta can figure it out you are wrong and even if they couldn't all they have to do is PM you for the data.