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Old Sep 13, 2017, 7:13 pm
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Why do you MS

I do it for status and points/miles related to flights and hotel stays...not for cash. How about you?
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 8:04 pm
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I do it to get MQM's!
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Whorne
I do it to get MQM's!
Yeah baby - that is two for status.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 10:39 am
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Okay, I'll ask... what is MQM?
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 10:40 am
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I use it for miles for traveling.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 11:23 am
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I MS for wine purchases.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by mrriceguyrj
Okay, I'll ask... what is MQM?
Medallion Qualification Miles. 👍🏻
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 2:18 pm
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Originally Posted by pharmawalk
I do it for status and points/miles related to flights and hotel stays...not for cash. How about you?

I do it for whatever makes sense - status, points or cash.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 2:41 pm
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I do it for the girls.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 3:41 pm
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For love
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 9:32 pm
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Originally Posted by pharmawalk
Yeah baby - that is two for status.
Is MQM the best status out there? Do I need to add the Reserve Card with high annual fee? or can i get the lower one and add this to my MS rotation?

oh and i do it for hotel and airline miles! =)
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Old Sep 15, 2017, 12:52 am
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I like to fly Internationally in premium cabin, (with my total out-of-pocket cost LESS than economy).

The knowledge that a major commercial bank is really paying the fare difference is just Psychological "Icing on the cake" .
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Old Sep 15, 2017, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by wanalaugh74
Is MQM the best status out there? Do I need to add the Reserve Card with high annual fee? or can i get the lower one and add this to my MS rotation?

oh and i do it for hotel and airline miles! =)

MQM is not a status.
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Old Sep 15, 2017, 7:20 pm
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Originally Posted by wanalaugh74
Is MQM the best status out there?
MQM is stats-qualifying miles (with Delta), not status itself. And just because you can use MQM to help you earn status, I don't know know whether you can use just MS'd MQM to earn meaningful status. But even if so, it would only help if you live somewhere where Delta status would work for you. (Ironically, with many airlines, middle status may work better from a non-hub city than a hub city, because at a hub city you have too many competitors with even high status than you. Of course, that assumes that your purpose of pursuing status is upgrades, if it's lounge access on international economy flights, that may be different.)
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Old Sep 15, 2017, 8:09 pm
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For the metal cards
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