Joined AAdvantage in 2000 - I was 18

Passed 1MM in 2004 - I was 22

Will pass 2MM in 2007 - I will be 25


Will have flown about .8 million miles BIS between airlines since 2000 by next year when I hit 2MM on AA.

Off topic: AAdvantage was born the same year I was!

Joined AAdvantage in 1990.

Sitting at about 790,000 lifetime AA miles, not counting the 50K+ Starpoints that I'm waiting to transfer.

almost there!!

Premier Executive status for life (and all of the benefits of being a 1P), and some upgrade certificates. If you do a quick search in the UA forum you will get all of the answers. The ones I said are the most important, in my opinion.

I believe the precise term for the benefits of 1 million miles on USAirways is "diddly squat"

UA 1MM is similar to AA 2MM in that they both give lifetime mid-tier status.

AA is still easier to earn because all miles count.

UA's version gives more because they hand out some anual upgrade certs; AA only gives them as a one-time perk at each MM threashold.

Got my first million in only 7 years--

In the C-130 Hercules.

All the people talking about BIS miles -- well it's a little exaggerated, don't you think? They round everything up to 500 or 750 for you, depending on the program.

There are a lot of "million milers" on USAir I bet who begin and end every flight with the 55 mile run to Philly.

Anyway, I've got another mil on US Since then

I got at least 700K of my US miles doing PIT-SEA, PIT-SFO, and PIT-LAX for 4 years. And another year to STL that was over 500 actual. And ABQ. And MCO Thninking through all of my projects, very few have been within 500 miles.

I'd bet 98%, well over 1 million, are ABIS (Actual).

I avoid PHL like the plague (that it is).

joined aa in 97
reached 1mm 2001
have 1.5mm with aa now, but just switched to star alliance....hard move but makes sense for where i live.

am 33.

The official status in UA Mileage Plus terms is "Million Mile Flyer." This is emblazoned on whatever status card you are issued (either Premier Executive, 1K, or UGS). Million Mile Flyers are assured of lifetime Premier Executive status (of course last year there were repeated comments about "lifetime" referring to either the airline or the customer). 1K or UGS status has to be earned every year. But as long as UA honors it's promises, Million Mile Flyers will have no less than 1P status for life.

With Premier Executive ("1P" in UA, two-digit computer shorthand) status comes 100% bonus for paid travel on UA and many flights on Star Alliance carriers. 1P status is recognized as "Star Gold" by all carriers in the Star Alliance. With that comes extra baggage allowance, priority check-in lines, and lounge access when flying Star Alliance carriers, regardless of the class of service which has been purchased. Pretty cool benefit as long as it may last.

There is some disagreement about whether Million Mile Flyers get any additional priority when it comes to clearing upgrade waitlists on UA. Where it may come down to a gate agent decision, everyone agrees that MM status doesn't hurt. On board UA flights, the Million Mile Flyer status is printed on the manifest used by cabin crew. Where there is a meal choice, Million Milers are supposed to be given priority for their meal choice within their status (in other words, a 1K MM would trump a 1P MM).

For the past two or three years, MM Flyers have been given two CR-1 upgrades (Confirmed Region One) which are confirmable at time of purchase for any one way domestic one-class upgrade, including Hawaii. This happens on January 1, regardless of the amount of flying the year before. This is an unpublished benefit, which means it could disappear any year.

When UA flyers cross the threshold of one million miles in actual butt-in-seat flying on UA, UAX, or TED (not RDMs or bonus miles from credit cards, etc, and not codeshares or partner flights), they are given three Systemwide Upgrades (SWUs). This is obviously once in a lifetime benefit. There is no recognition on UA for multiple millions flown, as on DL. Several FTers have logged two, three or four million BIS miles on UA. They don't get so much as an email for the continued loyalty, but they are 1P for life.

Having spent most of my formative flying years on PanAm and TWA (I really loved those transcon 747's), I came to UA relatively late. Although I joined the MP program in 1989, I didn't really fly UA much until 1992, and even then I split my business for a few years with USAir (which used to let elites confirm upgrades on booking; when they dropped that, I dropped them). By 1998, I was 1K. I hit 1MM in 2004. Virtually all BIS (except for a number of very short hops (eg LAX-SNA that counted for 500 each). In addition to the benefits recounted above, the FA made me a crown on my qualifying flight.

Joined Delta Frequent Flyer program in 1982 at age 35
1MM in 1995
2MM in 2005
99.9% of trips are non-stop orignating ATL to (name your domestic city).. A lot of ATL-PIT-ATL (526 miles each way, in case you wondered)

A connection DL flyer back then could take advantage of the loophole under the old program where you could purchase upgrade certs with miles and then earn Double miles for flying F on both legs of your connection, thereby earning more miles than you spent and riding F in the bargain!

Alas, I was a hub flyer and could not manufacture miles that way ... I will advance the argument that this constitues earning 2MM the "Real Hard BIS" way. (but will admit to clocking a few during the 1986 Triple Miles frenzy)

I got my 1000 hour pin in the KC-130 ^

It took me 7.5 years to get my first 1mm on AA.

Do you pay for your flying yourself, or does someone else pay?
And is it mostly MRs or necessary trips?

Actually, AA gives EVIP's to Two Million Milers, not One Million Milers and only one time, not at each threshold.

ExecPlat's get the EVIP's every year they qualify.

I pay for all.

Both MR and necessary, and often combos.

The most I have ever spent in a year on travel is $10K.

That year I redeemed tickets for family and friends worth twice that.