Sentences with phrase «elite qualification criteria»

At first look there doesn't appear to me too much to differentiate the new elite qualification criteria from those of Delta or United and, with the new earning rates coming in to play on 1 August 2016 there is less and less to differentiate the 3 legacy carriers in the US.

Although United was quick to copy Delta's shift to a revenue - based program, exactly matching the same mileage multipliers and elite qualification criteria, it slightly delayed the implementation of some changes.

Not exact matches

It's difficult to compare the elite status qualification criteria because Elevate is a spending - based program and Alaska is a mileage - based program.

Don't forget to include SPG Gold, which may Starwood's lowest elite tier but probably deserves to be compared with more rarefied company due to greater benefits and qualification criteria.

I'm not loving the fact that the main airline rewards currency I'll be collecting is Avios but, as I've explained in a separate post, the minimum spend criteria that American Airlines now imposes on elite qualification makes reaching BA Gold considerably cheaper — so I'm just going to have to learn to live with Avios and make sure I collect more useful currencies through credit card spend.

On Tuesday I took a look at the qualification criteria set by the Big 3 US legacy airlines for anyone looking to earn status in their respective rewards programs and yesterday I followed that up with a post on how the Big 3 US airline award miles towards elite qualification.

We should Not forget that Hilton also raised the qualification criteria to maintain elite status a few weeks ago.