Time to confess again: Who will lose status end of 2010?
Dec 24, 2010, 2:45 pm
#1
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Time to confess again: Who will lose status end of 2010?
It's the time of year again to go to confession - not in Church of course but right here on FT.
Who will lose status end of this year ?
I re-qualified all my airline programs but dropped down to Silver with A-Club.
Their card actually came in quite handy to me recently when I used it to scrape ice off my windscreen in the morning !
Anyone else care to admit they will lose their HON/SEN/FTL/*G/*S etc status?
Who will lose status end of this year ?
I re-qualified all my airline programs but dropped down to Silver with A-Club.
Their card actually came in quite handy to me recently when I used it to scrape ice off my windscreen in the morning !
Anyone else care to admit they will lose their HON/SEN/FTL/*G/*S etc status?
Dec 24, 2010, 2:58 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT
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I am going to lose my Hilton HH diamond status this year as I have traveled a lot this year to Dusseldorf, HKG and also to the middle east and stayed all the time in InterContinantal hotels or Hyatt hotels there due to location and convenience.
Dec 24, 2010, 3:04 pm
#3
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Location: 150km from MAN
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I'll lose my BD *S not at the end of the year but some time in January. Does it count?
I didn't actually earn it but it was given to me when Blue+ was abolished because I was within a few thousand miles of *S thanks to SMD1.
p.s. I nearly typed 'loose' which of course is the correct spelling in this forum.
I didn't actually earn it but it was given to me when Blue+ was abolished because I was within a few thousand miles of *S thanks to SMD1.
p.s. I nearly typed 'loose' which of course is the correct spelling in this forum.
Dec 24, 2010, 3:43 pm
#4
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Dec 24, 2010, 5:13 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: BTS/VIE
Programs: LH MM**, HH Silver
Posts: 2,282
Losing SENhood at the end of February, only made 50k of M&M creditable miles this year (and skipped last year altogether hoping to requalify this year).
Dec 24, 2010, 6:36 pm
#6
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
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Lost PPS solitaire status. M&M (and various other airline statuses) already requalified.
Dec 24, 2010, 8:12 pm
#7
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Programs: UA Plat-2MM, Marriott Life Titanium, Hyatt something
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Dropping from HON + UA 1K to SEN + UA 1K. I might say that some things in life are more important than status, but I do not want to start a riot here. 
My husband is the most disappointed since he is losing his SEN spouse card, which he has definitely enjoyed the past six years! I am hoping the new UA/CO comes up with a spouse status to make him happy in 2012.
My husband is the most disappointed since he is losing his SEN spouse card, which he has definitely enjoyed the past six years! I am hoping the new UA/CO comes up with a spouse status to make him happy in 2012.
Dec 24, 2010, 10:10 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: EY-Gold LH-SEN AA-Gold HHonors-Gold National-ES
Posts: 1,520
Losing my SENhood as well as my two upgrade certs.
I've found more customer service friendly and cost effective reward programs to concentrate on.
I've found more customer service friendly and cost effective reward programs to concentrate on.
Dec 24, 2010, 10:52 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Paris
Programs: AA LT Plat (4m+), AF Plat, A3 Gold, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat/Ambassador
Posts: 2,648
Really? I definitely find LH to be expensive for award taxes and fees (forget about intra-Europe, that's ridiculous...) but sooo much better than UA, DL, AF, AZ, BA...in that I can actually use my miles!
Dec 24, 2010, 11:02 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: BKK, CDG, TLS
Programs: QR G, A3 G, EK G, IHG Amb, GHA Black, WOH LT something
Posts: 1,306
Lastly I will probably send them my SEN card back to them cut in half with a nice letter.
Dec 25, 2010, 1:06 am
#11
Join Date: May 2008
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Dec 25, 2010, 2:10 am
#12
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Dec 26, 2010, 5:22 am
#13
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: INN
Programs: LH, KLM, BA
Posts: 566
requalified SEN and SPG Plat, Priority Plat but thankfully finally getting rid of my last few Hilton miles and status.
Dec 26, 2010, 5:31 am
#14
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Hardly travelling for work anymore (only one TATL in SK C this year) so ended the year with aprox 103 k in M&M, down from 135k last year. Still SEN, is valid till 2013. Tried to loose BD*S, but somehow retained it.
HH Gold going away (only two stays) but coming back thanks to the credit card. DL GM is lapsing too as I have not put foot on a DL/NW aircraft for nearly a year (thank god).
HH Gold going away (only two stays) but coming back thanks to the credit card. DL GM is lapsing too as I have not put foot on a DL/NW aircraft for nearly a year (thank god).
Dec 26, 2010, 1:11 pm
#15
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Won't lose any status for a while- however the combination of:
1) Reduction in award value (aka 1 month notice on point enhancement for C/F)
plus
2) No lurker at all here on FT- this is as big of a downgrade if not bigger than #1
=
I will hit 600,001 or as close as possible for 2010/2011 and then fly more with BA and EK. LH has really blown it in my opinion on the 2 above points. As this status will take HON to 2014 and therefore SEN to 2016- after that I really have no idea about anything- or even if I will be flying so much!
Hotel wise:
SPG Gold
HH Gold
Marriott Gold
LHW- who knows- whatever the card they send you is called
A-Club Gold
ICG: I am letting Ambassador expire- not a lot of benefit anymore like there used to be
Other Airlines:
BA Silver- arriving Gold next year (qualification is on rolling not calendar- due to LH above I have shifted a few longhaul in C to BA so this is easy)
EK Something
AirBerlin-Silver possibly arriving Gold due to the disappointment of LH (above)
1) Reduction in award value (aka 1 month notice on point enhancement for C/F)
plus
2) No lurker at all here on FT- this is as big of a downgrade if not bigger than #1
=
I will hit 600,001 or as close as possible for 2010/2011 and then fly more with BA and EK. LH has really blown it in my opinion on the 2 above points. As this status will take HON to 2014 and therefore SEN to 2016- after that I really have no idea about anything- or even if I will be flying so much!
Hotel wise:
SPG Gold
HH Gold
Marriott Gold
LHW- who knows- whatever the card they send you is called
A-Club Gold
ICG: I am letting Ambassador expire- not a lot of benefit anymore like there used to be
Other Airlines:
BA Silver- arriving Gold next year (qualification is on rolling not calendar- due to LH above I have shifted a few longhaul in C to BA so this is easy)
EK Something
AirBerlin-Silver possibly arriving Gold due to the disappointment of LH (above)
Last edited by TRAVELSIG; Dec 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm