Plat/Gold/Silver percentages
May 21, 2007, 5:33 pm
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Plat/Gold/Silver percentages
I have always wonderd what the percentages are for elite status at NW
Million Mile
Plat
Gold
Silver
Any other categories????
Million Mile
Plat
Gold
Silver
Any other categories????
May 21, 2007, 5:45 pm
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May 21, 2007, 5:53 pm
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May 21, 2007, 6:31 pm
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Your percentages work out to a total of 33% to 48% of all NW fliers being elite.
I would guess that systemwide, this is on the high side. While it would be higher in hub cities, I cannot imagine nearly half of all passengers having elite status.
May 21, 2007, 6:37 pm
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May 21, 2007, 6:43 pm
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Yeah, you are right. I think the plat % is close so I guess I am real high on the Silver %
May 21, 2007, 7:03 pm
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It's a special formula Scoopy once told me... the number of Plats is equal to the sum of the number of planes in the air at 11:30am on a specific monday in the month of march * the inverse tangent of the cube root of the gallons of fuel used on flight NW69 that day divided by the # of OLCI... or maybe not 
May 21, 2007, 7:14 pm
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It's a special formula Scoopy once told me... the number of Plats is equal to the sum of the number of planes in the air at 11:30am on a specific monday in the month of march * the inverse tangent of the cube root of the gallons of fuel used on flight NW69 that day divided by the # of OLCI... or maybe not
Therefore the Platinum percentage is 3.14159265 - or might that be "pi in the sky?"
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May 21, 2007, 8:04 pm
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It's a special formula Scoopy once told me... the number of Plats is equal to the sum of the number of planes in the air at 11:30am on a specific monday in the month of march * the inverse tangent of the cube root of the gallons of fuel used on flight NW69 that day divided by the # of OLCI... or maybe not
May 21, 2007, 8:20 pm
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May 22, 2007, 7:59 am
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May 22, 2007, 9:21 am
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It's a closely held secret; none of the major airlines will tell you.
Rule of thumb is 10% are Silvers, 10% of those are Golds, and 10% of those are Plats. I suspect the rule of thumb comes in a bit low for Golds and Plats.
Rule of thumb is 10% are Silvers, 10% of those are Golds, and 10% of those are Plats. I suspect the rule of thumb comes in a bit low for Golds and Plats.