If you're looking for an easy way to earn 2,000 elite
qualifying miles for $ 80, then it could also be a quick easy mileage run for some.
You'll earn a higher status by achieving a certain number
of qualifying miles or segments combined with total spending.
Find out how I'm going to be trying out the new aircraft while, at the same time earning nearly 20,000 elite
qualifying miles at just 4.0 cents per mile.
If the economy has reduced your business travel from 30,000 to 20,000 miles, a credit card that gives you a 5,000 elite
qualifying mile boost may be enough to maintain your status.
Beyond this, I intend to analyze a few credit cards that offer not just regular miles, but elite
qualifying miles as well.
Those that throw in elite
qualifying miles often come at a price — higher annual fees and tougher standards for qualification.
You'll earn a higher status by achieving a certain number
of qualifying miles or segments combined with total spending.
You'll also receive 1 1/2 points per
qualifying mile for booking a ticket in economy, first class, or business seats.
You also receive a $ 100 credit toward the Global Entry application fee, and 10,000 elite
qualifying miles when you spend $ 40,000 in a year.
Since Arrival miles are seen as revenue bookings, there are no blackout dates, and you can still earn
elite qualifying miles and stays when you use your Arrival miles on a redemption.
Premier members are also eligible to earn a minimum of 500 Premier
qualifying miles on United and United Express flights.
Yes, you still earn
medallion qualifying miles with Amex but Delta threw in the required MQD aspect, which can only be achieved thru purchasing and flying on Delta flights.
It's one of the best airline perks in existence and you need to either fly 100 flights a year or accrue 110,000 Companion Pass
Qualifying miles in a year — and Marriott's Hotel + Air packages count.
Christmas came early for me this year as I woke up in Amsterdam today to great news that American Airlines is offering double elite
qualifying miles from December 13, 2011 to January 31, 2012 to all AAdvantage members.
Perhaps most importantly, you can earn elite
qualifying miles with the Presidential card, which you can't do with the Club card.
In fact in some ways rather than doing away with gaming, these changes encourage it and with less revenue to the airline — it encourages members to do more manufactured spend, earn more miles by credit card, buy out of the requirements, and it encourages them to earn miles and redeem for free tickets instead of striving to earn elite
qualifying miles through paid tickets.
Starting immediately Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can earn 50 % to 200 % elite
qualify miles per flight, depending on class of service.
Admirals Club access; Global Entry / TSA PreCheck fee credit; free checked bag; inflight discounts; priority boarding; reduced mileage awards; 10,000 elite -
qualifying miles annually w / minimum spend
It's a great program to get elite status on, because it not only shares benefits with a number of other major carriers, it also allows you to accrue elite
qualifying miles by flying other carriers.
The Alaska credit card does not offer any way expedite the earning of elite status
via qualifying miles bonuses.
The other way to earn
extra qualifying miles towards a Companion Pass is by utilizing Southwest's partnerships with other partners.
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The other way to earn extra
qualifying miles towards a Companion Pass is by utilizing Southwest's partnerships with other partners.
Other airlines» credit cards can provide small boosts of
qualifying miles if you spend a lot of money on them in a year.
If it makes sense, flying only on Alaska will get you a 20 % discount on the elite
qualifying miles required for their low - tier MVP status (20,000 EQM vs. 25,000 EQM if you include partner flights) and their mid-tier MVP Gold status (40,000 EQM vs. 50,000 EQM if you include partner flights).
Alaska Airlines is expanding the number of partner airlines that earn elite
qualifying miles toward status with Mileage Plan.
For example, spending $ 50,000 on Delta credit cards can get you not only enough qualifying dollars (MQDs), but also
enough qualifying miles (MQMs) to propel you to Gold status and corresponding SkyTeam Elite Plus status, even if you've never set a foot on a SkyTeam airline before.
So, you could almost reach the
110k qualifying miles by getting approved for the business & personal 50,000 SW credit card offers.
I'll credit the flights to Alaska, which will net me 3,922 Mileage Plan miles and get me 2,139 elite -
qualifying miles closer to MVP status for next year.
They also often ways to earn elite
qualifying miles like the Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Executive World Elite MasterCard ®, which allows you to earn 10,000 Elite Qualifying Miles after you spend $ 40,000 in purchases within the year.
Qualifying mile rollover (any miles earned in excess of the amount needed for top tier status will roll over into the next year to jumpstart your qualification)
American said it will offer the best elite -
qualifying mile multipliers in the industry and simplify the elite qualification process for customers.
Just a few days ago, Alaska Airlines Milage Plan members, flying on British Airways but crediting their travel to Alaska's Milage Plan, earned miles and elite
qualifying miles according to this structure:
You pay an initial fee for the challenge (American charges $ 120 for gold and $ 250 for platinum), and then fly a portion of the
typically qualifying miles (for American it's 5,000 instead of 25,000) to qualify.
All in all, if you just take a look at earning elite status purely from an elite
qualifying miles perspective, these would appear to be the conclusions:
For reasons I'm not entirely clear on, Qantas» codeshares on Emirates are eligible for AAdvantage miles and elite
qualifying miles accrual and, if you take a look at the wording on the relevant American Airlines webpage, you'll see a subtle difference to to the paragraph I quoted above relating to Malaysia Airlines codeshares:
Phrases with «qualifying miles»