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- AF/KL: Lifetime Platinum (ST E+) after 10 consecutive years of membership at the Platinum level
- DL: Lifetime Gold (ST E+), then Platinum (ST E+), then Diamond (ST E+) and finally DL 360 (ST E+) after 1M, 2M, 3M and 5MM respectively of Butt in Seat miles, i.e. from any ST flights. Any existing MM balance will be honored at 1:1 ratio
- KE: Morning Calm Premium (ST E+) @ 500,000 miles on any ST flights; Lifetime Million Miler (ST E+) after 1M miles on any ST flights; the SKYPASS program changes on 1 February 2024, so lifetime tiers are only achievable until then
- VN: ST E+ after 1 million qualifying miles accumulated from taking VN-coded flights, operated by Vietnam Airlines since enrollment
- VS: Lifetime Gold after earning 7500 tier points AND 10 years consecutive Gold status.
- AC: on AC metal flights only--lifetime 50K (Elite) (*G) after 1M miles; lifetime 75K after 2M miles; lifetime 100K (SuperElite) after 3M miles
- AV: Member must earn 1MM (Lifetime Gold, *G) via AV and affiliate metal, be 60 years of age AND be a LifeMiles or previous program member for 15 years. 2MM gives Lifetime Diamond. Program is called CENIT
- CA: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 1M kms on CA-coded flights only
- LH: Lifetime FTL (*S) after 30,000 QP(qualifying points). Lifetime Senator (*G) after 40,000 QP(qualifying points).
- MS: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 1M miles on MS flights (or all *A flights ??)
- NH: 500k (NH Metal) - , 1MM (NH Metal) - (1)No mileage expiration, (2)Superflyers Card, 2MM/3MM (NH Metal) - (3)F Suite lounge access on NH Metal and (1) and (2)
- OZ: Lifetime Diamond Plus (*G) after 500,000 miles on *A flights/ 500 OZ's flights. Lifetime Platinum after 1M *A flights/ 1k OZ's flights
- SA: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 6 consecutive years of membership at the Platinum level or alternatively: 720 000 SAA Tier Miles** during a minimum of 4 consecutive years and to a maximum of 6 consecutive years on Platinum status by earning at least 120 000 SAA Tier Miles in each year
- SK : Lifetime Gold (*G) after 10 consecutive years of membership at Gold or higher level
- UA: Lifetime Gold (*G), Platinum (*G), 1K (*G), GS (*G) after 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M respectively, but only flown on UA/UAX metal (no longer CM). MM's may share their current status (if higher than their MM tier) with one companion.
- AA: Lifetime Gold (OW Ruby), Platinum (OW Sapphire) after 1M, 2M miles (BiS only; used to be all miles earned before Dec 2011)
- AS: 1MM earns lifetime MVP Gold (OW Sapphire) and Gold 75K (OW Emerald) at 2MM. AS metal only. MM's receive complimentary meals in Main Cabin as well as an annual boost of 20 000 Elite Qualifying miles. MM's may share their current status (if higher than their MM tier) with one companion.
- AY: Lifetime Gold (OW Sapphire) 2M tier points; Lifetime Platinum (OW Emerald) after 3.3M tier points
- BA: Lifetime Gold (OW Emerald) at 35,000 tier points; Lifetime GGL at 100,000 tier points
- IB: Lifetime Infinita (OW Emerald) 125,000 Elite Points since you signed up to the Iberia Plus programme; Infinita Prime (OW Emerald) 200,000 Elite Points
- QF: Lifetime Silver (OW Ruby) after 7,000 status credits: Lifetime Gold (OW Sapphire) after 14,000 status credits; Lifetime Platinum (OW Emerald) after 75,000 status credits
- JL: Lifetime OW Sapphire with JAL Global Club Three Star or higher (1500 Life Status Points)
- LY: The Matmid Frequent Flyer Club awards lifelong Gold membership to members aged 67 and over, they held Gold, Platinum or Top Platinum membership through consecutive 10 years.
- PR: Mabuhay Miles Million Miler membership is earned by those who collect 1 000 000 tier miles
Lifetime status by airline -- attempted summary
#61
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CA is Air China and a Star Alliance member http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
http://www.staralliance.com/en/member-airlines
Useful summary Overview of Frequent Flyer Programs by FLYGVA. Includes life time status, but may be up to date
http://www.staralliance.com/en/member-airlines
Useful summary Overview of Frequent Flyer Programs by FLYGVA. Includes life time status, but may be up to date
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Mar 5, 2016 at 4:58 pm Reason: adeed FLYGVA link
#62
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
AA offers Lifetime Gold at 1MM and Lifetime Platinum at 2MM. Miles can be earned as qualifying miles on any oneWorld carrier as well as selected partners. Note: it's flown miles only, there are no 500 mile minimums even for elites.
#63
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,140
#64
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There's Lifetime Gold after 1M Million Miler miles, and Lifetime Platinum after 2M Million Miler miles.
Yes, Platinum only gets you lounge access on days your flying internationally. But if you choose to get lifetime status on another OW airline, while flying AA, you have to give up lots of other perks (including upgrades) on AA for an extremely high number of flights to do so.
Meanwhile, who knows how this will work ten years from now. And anyone choosing today which airline to start collecting lifetime miles at is likely to need at least ten years to get to second-level-up lifetime.
So I don't see the point of pursuing lifetime status with another OW airline (if that's going to take anywhere around 1MM of flying AA) when you can buy domestic lounge access for just a few hundred dollars a year (or get it with a credit card that costs a few hundred dollars a year).
There's lifetimes status at hotel chains too. If you're not going to cover those here, then I suggest you notify an operator to fix the thread title, as it's not clear from the current thread title that it's about alliance airlines only.
(No, not everyone might care about only alliance airlines. In the US specifically, some people might prefer to pursue lifetime status with Alaska if that's available.)
And be careful about all many-year-plans. Could you have predicted 10+ years ago that US would shift for *A to OW, and thus that any liftetime status there would shift from one alliance to another? That happened in South America too, when TAM shifted the same way when it was acquired by LAN. How do you some more of these (not founding) airlines of an alliance won't shift alliances in the next decade or two?
So i think it's much safer, if you're after a particular alliance, to pursue lifetime status with a founding member of that alliance rather than some second-tier member of the alliance.
And, btw, speaking of hotel chains, it's not necessarily unrelated to airlines: Marriott has a tie-in with United, whereby Marriott Platinum members can get complimentary United Silver status (but no higher level). As long as that continues, Marriott Lifetime Platinum is a backdoor way of effectively getting (maybe) lifetime United Silver.
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#65
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#66
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#68
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I didn't think LH lifetime senator was an official thing than was only based on this?
SK has a similar thing, lifetime gold after 10 years of EBG if aged above 60. Does not need to be consecutive. However it's being updated this summer.
SK has a similar thing, lifetime gold after 10 years of EBG if aged above 60. Does not need to be consecutive. However it's being updated this summer.
#70
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: MUC
Programs: A3 *Gold, AA Plat, AB Plat, Hilton Dia
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#71
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: BGR/PWM/ALB
Programs: AA, BA, UA, LH, AF/KLM, SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat, Hilton Gold, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold
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I don't see anything on KE's website to indicate that limitation. The only listed parameter is miles flown.
On an unrelated note, it's worth noting that SA will grant Lifetime Platinum not only for 6 years of Platinum status, but also for 720,000 Tier Miles acquired over 4-6 consecutive years. At 6 years it balances out to qualifying for Plat normally, but if you can average 180,000 Tier Miles in four years you will get lifetime *A Gold that way. Not quite as good a deal as OZ, but still a solid option especially if you fly to Africa at all.
#72
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Update: SK dropped the 60+ years requirement. 10 years holding (not necessarily consecutive) Gold or Diamond status will grant lifetime SK EuroBonus (A*) Gold.
#73
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Shall we add NH in this master thread?
Just to provide some additional information, as NH launched the LT status a few years ago, which also included miles flown on award tickets, but you have to retroactively request it.
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/asw_c...miler-program/
I wondered what other FFPs allow award tickets to be credited as LT miles.
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/asw_c...miler-program/
I wondered what other FFPs allow award tickets to be credited as LT miles.
#74
Join Date: May 2014
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A number of hotel chains allow award nights to count towards status.
#75
Join Date: Mar 1999
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Programs: AC*SE 2MM, Marriott*Plutonium Lifetime, other stuff
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Seems to be missing Air Canada:
1MM lifetime AC Elite 50k (*Gold)
2MM lifetime AC Elite 75k (*Gold) plus AC Elite 50k (*Gold) for a nominee
3MM lifetime AC SuperElite 100k (*Gold)
Miles are status miles including CoS on AC only
1MM lifetime AC Elite 50k (*Gold)
2MM lifetime AC Elite 75k (*Gold) plus AC Elite 50k (*Gold) for a nominee
3MM lifetime AC SuperElite 100k (*Gold)
Miles are status miles including CoS on AC only