Status miles determine your Elite Status level: Member, Frequent Traveller, Senator, and HON Circle Member.
Not exact matches
Keep in mind that any fees you do pay are
determined by the elite
status of the person whose
miles were used to book the award, not the elite
status of the passenger.
That will change beginning January 1, 2017 — when you begin earning
miles and EQDs to
determine your
status for the 2018 program year.
Other carriers like Delta and United Airlines have already committed to revenue - based programs that use the price of the ticket to
determine your elite
status and the number of award
miles you earn.
Premier members also earn bonus award
miles, which are
determined by the member's
status level, when flying United and United Express.
It is important to note that the Medallion programs uses Medallion Qualification
Miles (MQMs), Medallion Qualification Segments (MQSs) and Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) to
determine status — these
miles are not related to the
miles that customers earn through the purchase of Delta airfare.
Starting April 15, elite - level members who use their
miles to acquire an award ticket for someone else will find that their own Premier trip benefits will no longer be granted to that second person for the award trip; instead, the recipient's Premier
status — if any — will
determine which perks will apply.
That means the number of
miles you'll earn on a flight is
determined by the cost of the ticket, but elite
status can multiply that.
You will still earn the same
miles and
status points as
determined by your respective programmes, even when flying with Qantas.
Flying Blue lets you earn two types of
miles: «XP», which
determine your
status, and «award redeemable
miles», which can be exchanged for a variety of rewards.