Elite challenge conditions met w/o flying?
Apr 13, 2004, 6:25 pm
#1
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Elite challenge conditions met w/o flying?
As a Silver, I have been targetted with a challenge of flying 10K miles or 14 segments between 3/10 and 6/10 to be upgraded to Gold.
Thanks to the IRS (I paid my taxes using my USAirways DM Platinum Visa at a cost of .0249 per mile.), I will surpass the $25K mark to qualify for 15K preferred miles when Visa (Signature) DM are posted to my FF account in early May.
I think that I should qualify for Gold status because preferred miles are preferred miles, no matter how they are earned. I do, however, recognize that the offer says "fly" 10K miles.
Do you think that the US accounting system distinguishes between "flown" preferred miles and "unflown" preferred miles?
Thanks to the IRS (I paid my taxes using my USAirways DM Platinum Visa at a cost of .0249 per mile.), I will surpass the $25K mark to qualify for 15K preferred miles when Visa (Signature) DM are posted to my FF account in early May.
I think that I should qualify for Gold status because preferred miles are preferred miles, no matter how they are earned. I do, however, recognize that the offer says "fly" 10K miles.
Do you think that the US accounting system distinguishes between "flown" preferred miles and "unflown" preferred miles?
Apr 13, 2004, 6:41 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Sorry, but you will definitely have to fly the miles to get the status - on a challange or any other flying incentive.
Here at FT we call them "butt in seat miles". No one has invented a way yet to get credit for flying a mile that you didn't actually fly.
Here at FT we call them "butt in seat miles". No one has invented a way yet to get credit for flying a mile that you didn't actually fly.
Apr 13, 2004, 7:42 pm
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And also, if you do successfully complete the challenge, I believe your Gold status will only be good through 2/05. You will still need to earn 50K status miles to qualify for gold through 2/06. However, your 15K status miles from $25K in Visa purchases will apply towards your '04 bank for '05 status.
My father got the same promotion. He's doing a MR to LA to visit me & my brothers at the end of the month, and then coming back again 9 days later for my brother's wedding.
My father got the same promotion. He's doing a MR to LA to visit me & my brothers at the end of the month, and then coming back again 9 days later for my brother's wedding.
Apr 14, 2004, 4:17 pm
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How can you get this promotion? I am a Silver and will be flying 10,000 miles during the period. I wonder if I can get in on this challenge, target me!!
Apr 14, 2004, 5:05 pm
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Apr 14, 2004, 5:49 pm
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Originally Posted by phl-us02
I don't know how I got targetted. My wife is Silver and she didn't get the challenge.
Thanks to the responses of other FTers, I now acknowledge that the "butt-in-seat miles" are a sine qua non to satisfy the conditions of the offer.
I'm not sure that it's worth the time and $$ to do an MR or two to satisfy the conditions in order to be elevated from Ag to Au -- the difference in benefits between the two statuses is not that significant, IMHO.
Apr 14, 2004, 6:03 pm
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My father called the Silver line back in January and asked if any Gold challenges were coming up. He was told to check back in a few weeks, but he got the challenge without a follow-up phone call. FWIW, my mother, who is also a Silver, did not get targetted.
Apr 15, 2004, 12:58 pm
#11
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Oddly enough (although this may not belong on this forum), I was given a status match on HP (from silver to gold) and miles that I flew on BA actually counted toward those status miles. The trip was booked in World Traveller Plus (don't know if that made a difference or not) so I received 110% or something like that, of the miles flown. I was pretty sure that the miles had to be flown on HP metal, but it turned out that they counted the miles on BA.
Anyone think that US would allow miles flown on UA or LH to count?
Anyone think that US would allow miles flown on UA or LH to count?
Apr 15, 2004, 1:13 pm
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Originally Posted by GotCalcio4
Anyone think that US would allow miles flown on UA or LH to count?
Apr 15, 2004, 2:12 pm
#13
Join Date: Feb 2003
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It's pretty simple folks...
To earn status with one of US Airways challenges you have to fly your butt on a US Airways or US Airways Express plane. None of the Preferred bonus miles count either....
Apr 15, 2004, 2:42 pm
#14
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challenge for CP?
Anyone knows if there might be a challenge to get to CP out there? I would love to be able to get those upgrade certificates back.
Apr 15, 2004, 5:14 pm
#15
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Boston, Freefall: Chairman's Preferred -->Steerage Status
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I am slouching towards an CP challenge that expires on June 10. It requires 20,000 miles. I'm getting winded in this CP pursuit, and may wander....
Overseas destinations? I reluctantly conclude that bribing your MD and taking two Ambien in a skinny coach seat trumps the stress incurred trying to obtain an Envoy Upgrade. Then you don't even really care whether the limes are green, yellow, or crusty brown.
Overseas destinations? I reluctantly conclude that bribing your MD and taking two Ambien in a skinny coach seat trumps the stress incurred trying to obtain an Envoy Upgrade. Then you don't even really care whether the limes are green, yellow, or crusty brown.
Originally Posted by synd
Anyone knows if there might be a challenge to get to CP out there?