While it's difficult to get elite status with an airline unless you are a very frequent traveler, there are some credit cards that offer
elite qualifying points as a sign - on bonus, such as the Platinum Delta SkyMiles ($ 195 annual fee) and Delta Reserve ($ 450 annual fee) American Express cards.
Under the current system, you can qualify for elite status based on elite qualifying miles,
elite qualifying points, or elite qualifying segments.
This offer does not increment the member's prize eligible mileage balance,
elite qualifying points or segments.
Remember that when you redeem ThankYou points, the airline treats it as if you are paying cash and earns
elite qualifying points / miles (unlike when you redeem AA miles for a flight).
With the 1.5
elite qualifying points for First Class tickets, that puts me over the 9,000 points needed for Platinum.
But you can qualify under a separate tally that looks at «
elite qualifying points» or EQPs.
The general pitch this year is that if you are within 15,000 elite qualifying miles, 15,000
elite qualifying points, or 15 segments, you can pay some amount to make up the difference.
Part of this change is the elimination of a separate accounting method known as
elite qualifying points (EQP) that used to track fare class.
Executive Platinum members who earn 125,000 or more
elite qualifying points will be able to choose two rewards from a list including the following: 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles, gift of AAdvantage Gold status for a friend,...
Qpoints are
the elite qualifying points that define your membership status.
Gold will require 10 hotel nights or 10,000
elite qualifying points and Platinum 40 nights or 40,000 elite points in a calendar year.
You earn 5
elite qualifying points per dollar spent on Virgin flights.
I had guessed at the time that American could expand the system of
elite qualifying points to make it similar to these foreign competitors.
Executive Platinum members who earn 125,000 or more
elite qualifying points will be able to choose two rewards from a list including the following:
American's AAdvantage Elite Status Challenge lets you earn up to 10,000
elite qualifying points if you rack up a lot of miles on their carriers in a certain period of time.
Not exact matches
The Gunners have fallen to 12
points behind Liverpool in the fourth and final CL place with only eight matches remaining, and the likelihood is that even winning their remaining matches would see them miss out, and we now have to put all our eggs into the Europa League basket in hopes of
qualifying for Europe's
elite competition.
Ed Fulton, trading spokesman for Sporting Index, said: «A league finish of 73
points would not have been enough to
qualify for Europe's
elite competition in the recently concluded campaign and, with more teams vying for the league's top places than ever, they may continue to struggle.
It would be great for the Gunners to bring all three
points back to north London on Saturday as it would ease some of the recent fans» frustration and fury while fending off the scousers and Man United to make Arsenal big favourites to
qualify once again for the
elite club competition which is the Champions League.
Peer Bork, head of the Comparative Sequence Analysis group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, gives an inside view of biocomputing research at one of Europe's top research institutions and also
points out what
qualifies young researchers to join the bioinformatics
elite.
First, for every $ 10,000 you spend on the card you will earn 1,500 Tier
Qualifying Points (TQP), which are what you need to achieve
elite status.
Also remember that for every $ 10,000 you spend, you get 1,500 Tier
Qualifying Points (TPQ) toward Southwest
elite status.
Flights that are booked with
points through the ThankYou Travel Center are eligible to accrue both redeemable and
elite -
qualifying miles.
This card can help you
qualify for
elite membership with Southwest, earn extra Rapid Rewards
points through bonuses and everyday spending and even help you
qualify for a Companion Pass.
These
elite statuses
qualify you for certain perks, including priority boarding,
point - earning bonuses, free same - day standby, priority check - in, and free inflight WiFi.
For every $ 2,500 you spend on your Virgin Atlantic credit card, you will be awarded 1 tier
point that help you
qualify for the airline's different
elite membership statuses.
To earn
elite status and
qualify for these bonuses, you need to collect a minimum number of Tier
Qualifying Points or one - way qualifyin
Qualifying Points or one - way
qualifyingqualifying flights:
If you spend enough to reach LUXE
elite status (5,000
points in a calendar year), you'll
qualify for triple
points shopping days where a $ 200 purchase would earn 3,000
points that could be redeemed for $ 30 in shopping rewards.
When you reach Silver, Gold or Diamond status, you receive the added recognition and rewards of
elite status — including extra Hilton Honors Bonus
Points for every
qualifying stay, special on - property benefits and recognition, and exclusive reward opportunities.
You will not earn any
qualifying points or miles, nor find
elite status easier to earn (with exception of the MQD waiver).
You earn 5x
points or more per
qualifying dollar spent on travel, depending on your
elite status.
Using only the most trivial examples, redeeming US Bank Flexpoints, Chase Ultimate Rewards
points, or Barclaycard Arrival + miles for paid tickets allows you to purchase redeemable - and
elite -
qualifying - mile - earning revenue tickets at a fraction of face value.
It really is possible to earn a TON of
points and
qualify for the bonuses that come with
elite status!
Flights that are booked with
points through the ThankYou Travel Center are eligible to accrue both redeemable and
elite -
qualifying miles.
I like to use that card to book my hotel stays since I earn hotel
points and
elite qualifying nights by booking directly through the hotel chain, and can then redeem my Arrival miles for travel purchases at an equivalent of 1.11 cents each, with partial redemptions allowed in increments of $ 25.
You also earn bonus
points for
elite status, with which you can
qualify for a companion ticket.
Priority Club will begin distinguishing between
elite -
qualifying and non-
elite-
qualifying points.
This makes your
points automatically worth $ 0.015 each, and you also get to earn additional award and
elite qualifying miles!
Note that you can only earn
elite qualifying nights for the room you're staying in, but the extra
points earned on other rooms can stack quickly if you're planning a big vacation or party with friends or family.
Firstly, you get higher value per
point and second, the nights availed this way
qualify for the
elite status.
Hot Tip:
Points + Cash stays, unlike Free Nights awards, count as
qualifying nights for
elite status qualification.
In other words, your breakeven
point is not $ 80 per paid stay, but rather $ 97.56 per paid stay — and that's ignoring the
points you earn on paid stays, which aren't earned on the
elite -
qualifying stays awarded by the Chase Hyatt credit card.
You earn 5x
points or more per
qualifying dollar spent on travel, depending on your
elite status.
You will not earn any
qualifying points or miles, nor find
elite status easier to earn (with exception of the MQD waiver).
Under the terms of the new promotion, members of the hotel chain's Club Rewards guest loyalty program have the option of earning either double
points on all eligible stays, or double
elite qualifying nights on each eligible night.
There is no foreign transaction fee, the anniversary bonus is 6,000
points instead of 3,000, and you can earn Tier Qualifying Points (TQPs) toward elite s
points instead of 3,000, and you can earn Tier
Qualifying Points (TQPs) toward elite s
Points (TQPs) toward
elite status.
The Premier card makes it easier to achieve A-list
elite status by granting you 1,500 tier -
qualifying points for every $ 10,000 in purchases — up to 15,000 tier -
qualifying points annually.
Before, you could redeem Thankyou
Points for American Airlines flights at a rate of 1.6 cents per
point, making it a great option for those who were trying to obtain status status on American since they earned
elite qualifying credits.
On January 1, 2016,
elite -
qualifying points will be removed from our qualifying structure, and elite status will be based on Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
qualifying points will be removed from our
qualifying structure, and elite status will be based on Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
qualifying structure, and
elite status will be based on
Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or
Elite Qualifying Segmen
Qualifying Segments (EQSs).
With our offer, we could get 5 Miles per dollar on
qualifying purchases at AlaskaAir.com, up to a maximum of 2,500 miles Club Carlson
Elites can get 20,000 bonus gold
points, when you complete 7 eligible...
Unlike the Platinum card, the premium Amtrak Guest Rewards MasterCard allows you to earn Tier
Qualifying Points (TQPs) that count toward
elite status.