ua1flyer - A "Real" Up-In-The-Air GS
May 9, 2023, 6:58 am
#2011
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May 9, 2023, 8:12 am
#2012
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I guess if you were a shorthaul segment warrior doing tens of thousands of sub-500-mile flights but getting the 500 mile elite minimum, there could be a big gap. But with the longhauls you have put in, I'd think actual flown miles are pretty close to your lifetime UA miles total.
May 9, 2023, 8:17 am
#2013
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Houston
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May 9, 2023, 10:12 am
#2015
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I guess if you were a shorthaul segment warrior doing tens of thousands of sub-500-mile flights but getting the 500 mile elite minimum, there could be a big gap. But with the longhauls you have put in, I'd think actual flown miles are pretty close to your lifetime UA miles total.
May 9, 2023, 10:23 am
#2016
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Other carriers included lifetime credits from credit card purchases, so for those carriers BIS and lifetime can be very different. UA never did that although CO did include premium cabin bonus and UA did an adjustment in 2012 to equalize the history. But purely paid BIS since then.
The concept of pure BIS is unfamiliar to those outside of UA.
The concept of pure BIS is unfamiliar to those outside of UA.
May 9, 2023, 10:39 am
#2017
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Other carriers included lifetime credits from credit card purchases, so for those carriers BIS and lifetime can be very different. UA never did that although CO did include premium cabin bonus and UA did an adjustment in 2012 to equalize the history. But purely paid BIS since then.
The concept of pure BIS is unfamiliar to those outside of UA.
The concept of pure BIS is unfamiliar to those outside of UA.
I also wonder what’s the motivation behind the question.
May 9, 2023, 10:42 am
#2018
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May 9, 2023, 10:48 am
#2019
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Bucks County
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I can’t imagine how many million dollars in fares you need to pay to have those many miles!! Should name a plane afterTom!!!
May 9, 2023, 10:50 am
#2020
Join Date: Apr 2009
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May 9, 2023, 11:37 am
#2021
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r those of you who have not seen the picture:
May 9, 2023, 11:46 am
#2022
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I'm not buying "idle curiosity," especially when, after posters responded with explanations on how Tom rang up his miles, the poster responded with "The truth lies somewhere in between."
May 9, 2023, 11:54 am
#2023
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I think we all, with 1,2,3,4, even 5 million miles have a hard time wrapping our minds around Tom's accomplishment.
May 9, 2023, 12:54 pm
#2024
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Since Tom is regular here, and it's easy to contact him, the questioner could have sent him a PM and asked him.
I'm not buying "idle curiosity," especially when, after posters responded with explanations on how Tom rang up his miles, the poster responded with "The truth lies somewhere in between."
I'm not buying "idle curiosity," especially when, after posters responded with explanations on how Tom rang up his miles, the poster responded with "The truth lies somewhere in between."
May 9, 2023, 1:55 pm
#2025
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