Million Mile Marker
Jul 13, 2004, 7:56 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 52
Million Mile Marker
Northwest has previously acknowledged Worldperks members who fly one million actual miles in various ways - most recently with a passport wallet and luggage tag. I wonder if this too has become a casualty of corporate thrift, as I passed one million miles several months ago and have seen nothing in the way of a response. Living in Minnesota, I'll continue to use NW as my primary carrier, but I will mute my feelings regarding their responsiveness and view the airline with less blind admiration than before.
Jul 13, 2004, 9:39 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 209
Would love to get a current status also
Went into the Million Air status about a month ago. Confirmed it with a GA that I know, but have not see anything in the mail/website/boarding passes. Didn't get a chance to ask him if there are any current unofficial perks. On another flight msp-sea, I got to the gate 25 minutes before the prior flight. Initially the GA said no FC seats available and only a slight possible for a middle coach seat. Asked to be placed on the standby list anyway...... about 5 minutes later she paged me and said a FC seat opened up ..... was it just luck or platinum or platinum/MM?
NW has treated me very well with about 80% domestic travel. Always upgraded except for a couple times that I went standby. A few ( but not many ) operational upgrades for international travel. Always in coach for Hawaii.
NW has treated me very well with about 80% domestic travel. Always upgraded except for a couple times that I went standby. A few ( but not many ) operational upgrades for international travel. Always in coach for Hawaii.
Jul 14, 2004, 8:20 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: MSP; SM with status & many BIS miles
Programs: AA, WN & many Hotels... avoids UA like the plague!
Posts: 1,019
I dont know if they are still sending out Tumi passport travel organizer along with the MMair luggage tag and thank you letter, however it took several months from the time MM status was earned and the gift arrived. I do know that on your WP card it will now say MMair on it. Also, at some stations when you have a boarding pass printed by the agent, it will say something like wp-status/MI or wp-status/MI/MI where wp-status is SE/GE/PE and the /MI/MI is Million Air, Million WP. For example on mine I have seen PE/MI/MI being a WP PE, MMair, and M+ WP.
Give it some time and hopefully your Tumi or something will arrive and congratulations on all of those A$$ in the seat miles.
-H
Give it some time and hopefully your Tumi or something will arrive and congratulations on all of those A$$ in the seat miles.
-H
Jul 14, 2004, 12:18 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: MSP
Posts: 14
I passed the million mile mark about 4 months ago and got the Tumi passport wallet and luggage tag about one month ago.
Hang in there.
Hang in there.
Jul 14, 2004, 1:07 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI USA DL FO (until 2/04), NW silver '03, NW gold '04+'05 Plat '06+ (thanks, Leo!), DL SkyClub
Programs: DL Plat/ Million Miler, AS, Hilton, Marriott Bonvoy, Piggly Wiggly Pig Points
Posts: 2,233
Originally Posted by I Liked Republic
I passed the million mile mark about 4 months ago and got the Tumi passport wallet and luggage tag about one month ago.
Hang in there.
Hang in there.
Jul 14, 2004, 1:10 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)
Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 5,626
Originally Posted by Dick Ginkowski
Wouldn't it be cool to have one with a turquoise goose on it?
tom
Jul 14, 2004, 10:46 pm
#7
Join Date: May 2003
Location: NYC & BKK- Delta Diamond -- JFK all the way!
Programs: Skyclub lifetime, Priority Pass, HH Gold.
Posts: 550
MM Air
Shouldn't more than a passport wallet and a tag be given after a Million miles? I think so.
Jul 15, 2004, 1:38 am
#8
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: NY/NJ
Posts: 524
I agree that you should get more than just a travel wallet after getting to 1 million miles. I got my package a few months ago and gotta say I would have easily traded it for one international upgrade - why is NW so chintzy with this?
Jul 15, 2004, 10:12 am
#9
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: MSP
Posts: 14
Originally Posted by Dick Ginkowski
Wouldn't it be cool to have one with a turquoise goose on it?
It is certainly not an extravagent gift, but it's better than nothing. Though, if I had my choice, I would really like to see NWA award lifetime Gold or Plat status for some level of extended loyalty (like one million actual miles flown).
Jul 15, 2004, 11:01 am
#10
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: UA Premier 1K: PlAAtinum; DL SM, MM; Marriott Gold; CO Plat Emeritus; NW Plat Emeritus
Posts: 4,776
What do the y measure? Base miles? NW only? Anyone know?
<salivating>
<salivating>
Jul 15, 2004, 11:04 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 209
Actual flight miles....(i.e. not 500 min).
Jul 15, 2004, 11:05 am
#12
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: MSP; SM with status & many BIS miles
Programs: AA, WN & many Hotels... avoids UA like the plague!
Posts: 1,019
Originally Posted by Alpha Golf
What do the y measure? Base miles? NW only? Anyone know?
<salivating>
<salivating>
Aug 6, 2004, 10:55 pm
#13
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 209
Just got my gift today - Engraved Pen
I just got my million mile gift today. Changed from the Passport Wallet to a Waterman Pen, NWA Luggage Tag, and nice note from Beth Shultis.
The Brushed Chrome pen was engraved with your name on the cap - seem to be a Waterman Expert II CT Rollerball with very small nwa logo on top of cap. Looks like pen on:
http://www.altmanluggage.com/ShopSit...n_expert2.html
NWA Luggage Tag is brass and leather. No mention of 1 million on the luggage tag. Not engraved with your name.
Seems like a small downgrade from previous gifts but NWA has treated me very well overall for the past million miles.
The Brushed Chrome pen was engraved with your name on the cap - seem to be a Waterman Expert II CT Rollerball with very small nwa logo on top of cap. Looks like pen on:
http://www.altmanluggage.com/ShopSit...n_expert2.html
NWA Luggage Tag is brass and leather. No mention of 1 million on the luggage tag. Not engraved with your name.
Seems like a small downgrade from previous gifts but NWA has treated me very well overall for the past million miles.
Aug 7, 2004, 9:25 am
#14
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: MSP; SM with status & many BIS miles
Programs: AA, WN & many Hotels... avoids UA like the plague!
Posts: 1,019
Originally Posted by madison8
I just got my million mile gift today. Changed from the Passport Wallet to a Waterman Pen, NWA Luggage Tag, and nice note from Beth Shultis.
The Brushed Chrome pen was engraved with your name on the cap - seem to be a Waterman Expert II CT Rollerball with very small nwa logo on top of cap. Looks like pen on:
http://www.altmanluggage.com/ShopSit...n_expert2.html
NWA Luggage Tag is brass and leather. No mention of 1 million on the luggage tag. Not engraved with your name.
Seems like a small downgrade from previous gifts but NWA has treated me very well overall for the past million miles.
The Brushed Chrome pen was engraved with your name on the cap - seem to be a Waterman Expert II CT Rollerball with very small nwa logo on top of cap. Looks like pen on:
http://www.altmanluggage.com/ShopSit...n_expert2.html
NWA Luggage Tag is brass and leather. No mention of 1 million on the luggage tag. Not engraved with your name.
Seems like a small downgrade from previous gifts but NWA has treated me very well overall for the past million miles.
You will probally have to wait until next year, however on your next WP card, it should say "Million Air"...
-H
Aug 7, 2004, 12:23 pm
#15
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Alexandria, VA, USA NW Platinum Elite Since 1999, United GoldMM, Hyatt Plat, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Hertz #1 Gold, IC Ambassador, Avis Chairman's
Posts: 7,445
Originally Posted by hooverer
Congratulations!
You will probally have to wait until next year, however on your next WP card, it should say "Million Air"...
-H
You will probally have to wait until next year, however on your next WP card, it should say "Million Air"...
-H
