Sentences with phrase «elite qualifying miles»

Those are nice perks, but I think I'd rather earn elite qualifying miles.

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.

In any case, both routes are offering double award miles during initial service — not double elite qualifying miles.

Those that throw in elite qualifying miles often come at a price — higher annual fees and tougher standards for qualification.

That's less than five cents per elite qualifying mile in paid business class, which is pretty amazing.

You can earn extra bonus miles for putting at least $ 50,000 worth of spend on the card, but these are award miles and not elite qualifying miles.

Those miles, often called elite qualifying miles, help you achieve elite status.

All three airlines still award elite qualifying miles based on actual mileage flown.

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.

Only actual miles flown or elite qualifying miles do that.

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.

But it's very difficult sometimes to get enough elite qualifying miles, especially near the end of the year.

Each calendar year when you spend $ 40,000 on your card you will earn 10,000 AAdvantage elite qualifying miles.

However, there are many lucrative credit card offers that provide elite qualifying miles.

Those are nice perks, but I think I'd rather earn elite qualifying miles.

It will act like a ticket purchased with cash, which allows you to earn frequent flyer miles and elite qualifying miles for the flights.

Note: this promotion is only double elite qualifying miles, not points.

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.

Speaking of elite status, basic economy does not earn elite qualifying miles on United; American earns at 50 percent of the normal miles; and Delta gives you the full mileage.

However, cards that offer elite qualifying miles are often aimed at high rollers who like to travel in style.

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.

Airline credit cards sometimes let you earn a small number of elite qualifying miles, but still not enough to earn status without flying.

Many cards can help by waiving the spending requirements or offering bonus elite qualifying miles.

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.

Today, acquiring elite qualifying miles requires a mix of spending and flying, and the formulas can be complicated — all the more so because using airline credit cards factors into the equation.

Perhaps most importantly, you can earn elite qualifying miles with the Presidential card, which you can't do with the Club card.

It lets me continue to earn redeemable and elite qualifying miles without actually having to pay.

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.

Dear Landon, Frequent flier miles are not the same as elite qualifying miles (EQMs).

I took the lazy way out and used an MQM valuation that I developed years ago that was based on the cost of acquiring elite qualifying miles rather than the value you get from them.

These results still doesn't account for the value of the companion fare itself, but I think it's coming in useful given that we're also earning elite qualifying miles toward our Mileage Plan status.

In that case, it's worth upgrading because you'll usually 1.5 times the miles, which will not only help with redeemable miles, but also elite qualifying miles, too.

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.

Another positive about this is that both American and US Airways offer methods to earn elite qualifying miles via credit card spending.

Now, members can see how many miles are earned per dollar spent, how many elite qualifying miles are earned, and how many elite qualifying dollars are being racked up from past flights.

Also, don't forget that MVP (Alaska's lowest elite status) starts at only 20,000 miles, so this promotion is a GREAT way to add elite qualifying miles to your bank if you are going for Alaska Airline elite status.

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:

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:

United lets you buy extra award miles, and if you agree to that you can also pay an additional amount to buy elite qualifying miles.

Delta has been offering status challenges in Seattle, and Alaska has offered lots of double elite qualifying mile promos in Salt Lake City.

Total elite qualifying miles earned was 11,722.

One long - standing advantage of the Skymiles program over US Airways and United has been that Gold elites, at the 50,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles level, earn 100 % bonus redeemable miles on paid flights, while only 100,000 elite qualifying mile elites earn that bonus on the two other carriers.

This option allows you to earn elite qualifying miles since it is a paid fare and it's a good way to get rid of Avios you have just sitting around collecting dust.

(However, as OMAAT notes, you won't be able to earn AA elite qualifying miles on Etihad flights.)

However, I'm a loyal American Airlines Executive Platinum, so when it comes to domestic flights I try to fly them as much as possible, however AA partners with Alaska so you can bank elite qualifying miles to American when flying Alaska and vice versa.