The Countdown to Zero MQMs...
Dec 22, 2008, 12:55 pm
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The Countdown to Zero MQMs...
I always look forward to the new year but the goose egg under MQMs is always humbling. Last year I flew on New Year's Day. This year, I am not going anyplace until the 4th.
Dec 22, 2008, 1:12 pm
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Sadly, I will stare at that goose egg until January 15. Fortunately, by Feb. 1 or so, that goose egg could very well end up being somewhere north of 25,000, which tempers that fact a little bit.
Dec 22, 2008, 1:13 pm
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you could view source on the account page, type in a nice number of MQM's, save the html to your hard drive, and view that a couple times a day till you actually fly, just to avoid depresson.
I probably won't be flying till the 10th or 12th.
I probably won't be flying till the 10th or 12th.
Dec 22, 2008, 1:16 pm
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I earn pointless MQMs on December 29, then no "real" miles again until January 23 ...
Dec 22, 2008, 1:21 pm
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I am flying out on he 1st..so I'll start out OK, but I think my travel will be lighter in 2009.
Dec 22, 2008, 1:25 pm
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I have nothing schedule... sad...
Dec 22, 2008, 1:31 pm
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Return leg of my JFK-AKL (via ICN) jaunt will put me at 12,600 by Jan 8th. Not sure if I am excited by that though...
Dec 22, 2008, 1:41 pm
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Off again on Jan 9........
Dec 22, 2008, 2:09 pm
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January 4th, to MSP, where I fully expect to freeze my a** off ... what was I thinking when I agreed to that meeting?
Dec 22, 2008, 2:35 pm
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Off to LAS 01/15, so about 4500 MQMs go in the bag...only 70,500 more to go....
Dec 22, 2008, 2:42 pm
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What is the biggest MQM flight that Delta / NW offers without any Bonus or ++'s put on top?
Sorry if it's been covered but the notion just struck me.
Sorry if it's been covered but the notion just struck me.
Dec 22, 2008, 3:28 pm
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I go from 99,000 to 0. Then I go to 5200 on the 9th of Jan.
Dec 22, 2008, 3:32 pm
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Dec 22, 2008, 3:33 pm
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ORD-DUB MR on the 13th, so just gotta make it through the first two weeks...
Dec 22, 2008, 4:04 pm
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I'll be at 0 and stay at zero until May (I think)......still have a bunch of award flights coming up due the great Delta mileage burn of 2008....
I'll be lucky to be silver in 2010 as a result...
I'll be lucky to be silver in 2010 as a result...