Top-level elite on multiple airlines
 

In 2001, I earned 154000 status miles on Delta and 65000 on United. Obviously, this was an inefficient partitioning of 219000 miles, reflecting the fact that I did not begin shifting business to United until around May of that year.

In 2002, I will do much better. I will finish with about 120000 status miles on Delta (105000 already) and 100000 on United, earning top-level elite status on both. That's efficient!

I realize that lots of people fly as much as I do in total, but I wonder how many have earned -- not comped -- the highest elite level on more than one airline in the same year?

Bruce

This will be my first year to do so. I will finish the year as UA 1K and American Executive Platinum. All flights are booked to earn each.

* 1K with UA Mileage Plus. But I don't intend to maintain that status and will probably be Premier Exeutive after feb-2003

* Senator with LH/OS/LOT miles&more. Due to some requalification/expiry policy changements of this program, I will requalify a second time this year and extend that expiry date to February 2006 (SIX!
* Royal Wing with KLM's Flying Dutchman, expiry dec-2003 (or may be even feb-2004?). Did qualify first time participating at their unusual genereous comping promotion: they comped my UA Mileage Plus mileage-balance (431'000 miles) and 1K-status. Not sure yet what my future policy with this program will be.

For 2003, should be EXP on AA, 1K on UA and PM on Delta. I was not too efficient either as I will have 200k+ actual flight miles on OneWorld and barely squeak in on United and Delta was basically an accident with all those Shuttle flight base mile promotions and medallion bonus base mile stuff.

I got:

AA PLT
DL Gold Medalion
UAL Premier Executive

AA is the only one I will be able to maintain into 2003, all others will drop one level. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

UA 1K - somewhere between 100 and 105K mi
AS MVP Gold - 35K

'01

AA - 25K
CO - 185K

'02

AA - 110K
CO - 65K (90+ segments)

- I reached LH SEN in February (around 106 K miles) - status is valid until February 2005
- I requalified for AF F+ Rouge (around 80 K miles) for 2003

I will focus on AF as my primary carrier for 2003 and LH/OS as my secondary carrier.

I'd like to pose this question another way, if in 03 I expect to fly 150K total with at least 75K allocated to CO to keep my plat (this is something that I prefer to do), would I be better off trying to get 50K on AA or UA and the other 25K on DL or another carrier? Being IAD based, UA seems to make sense but something makes me lean towards AA. I'd be curious as to what others would think.

TrojanHorse probably a question/case-study, many other FlyerTalkers are interested in.

Those interested may find easier access to such a case-study, if you post it as a new topic (with the appropriate title).

Earned AC SE status last year but will drop down to nothing in Feb/03 on AC. Just qualified for UA 1K which will be good for all next year, expecting to end the year at close to 140K with UA. I expect my AA Gold status to disappear in Feb also.

So for a few months I will hold dual status.

I've done US Chairman's Preferred and CO Platinum twice - CO is only 75K.

I've been PM on DL for about 5 years. This year will end up with about 180,000 (lbeit some as double base miles). Last year about 130,000.

Been BA Gold for the last 3-4 years. Before that flitted with Silver and Gold. Had about 3500 tier points last year (Almost 3x qualification in the US programme, something like 7x in the Euro Programme)

Have had BD Gold for 2 years, Silver the previous year. Requal is in q3 next year. Normally make it by a little. Don't know if I'll make it because;

I qualified for KLM RW, and now have more vested with them.

What I really love is being at the top tier of all alliances, therefore they have the opposite effect on me, especially at this time of the year when I have basically been requalified on all of them....complete freedom to fly who I like without FF pressures (although the DL Double Base has taken away business from KLM due to their lack of clarity in carrying forward excess points for status).

2002
Will reach EXP on AA
Hit Senator on LH- good until 2/05


2003
Will go for AA EXP and QF plat

I have been a UA 1K and a USAir CP for 3 years now. I will likely requalify on both. I have considered consolidating (and flying a bit less) but have been unable to chose one of these airlines (or another) to focus on. This combination serves me fairly well as USAir has a great domestic upgrade policy and I do mostly international flights on UA