However, most airlines in the states have added spend requirements so even if you've reached
the qualifying flight miles requirement, you might not earn elite status.
Not exact matches
If you accumulate enough
miles, you may
qualify for a free trip or a
flight that costs next to nothing.
For instance, Lending Tree offered their customers free
flights (via
miles) for securing loans — a customer who took out a $ 200,000 mortgage
qualified for a domestic
flight (while those who took out larger mortgages picked up 2 tickets).
Flights that are booked with points through the ThankYou Travel Center are eligible to accrue both redeemable and elite -
qualifying miles.
The CitiBusiness ® / AAdvantage ® Platinum Select ® World Mastercard ® is one of the few cards to
qualify for AA's reduced mileage redemptions, which give a 7,500
mile discount each time you book a
flight with AAdvantage
miles, on select destinations.
It will act like a ticket purchased with cash, which allows you to earn frequent flyer
miles and elite
qualifying miles for the
flights.
Airline
miles earned through travel or card purchases can help elevate your frequent flyer status and
qualify you for free upgrades on your
flight.
While that's not the best value, award
flights booked through Amex Travel do accrue both redeemable and elite
qualifying miles.
Know that all
miles aren't created equal —
Miles earned by spending on an airline credit card can get you free
flights and more, but they likely won't get you elite status with the airline... (See Elite
qualifying miles)
Even in -
flight purchases earn 2x
miles — and
qualify for that 20 % discount!
If I can make as controversial a claim as is supported by the evidence, even the American Express Delta Platinum credit card, with its $ 195 annual fee and companion ticket awarded on each account anniversary, only makes sense (compared to redeeming Arrival +
miles) if you can consistently redeem the companion ticket for
flights costing more than $ 672 — the value of the Arrival +
miles you could manufacture with the same $ 195 in disposable income — or if you can use the Medallion
Qualifying Miles earned with the card to achieve Platinum or Diamond Medallion status.
Flights that are booked with points through the ThankYou Travel Center are eligible to accrue both redeemable and elite -
qualifying miles.
There are three elite membership tiers, MVP, MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K, and the
miles and segments required to
qualify for each varies depending on where you book your
flights as illustrated in the table below: -
For every American Airlines
flight that you take, you earn your elite
qualifying miles.
To earn status, starting with the lowest tier (silver) you need to fly at least 25,000
miles (MQMs) or 30
flight segments a year, AND spend at least $ 3,000 excluding taxes and fees (Medallion
Qualifying Dollars, or MQDs).
While that's not the best value, award
flights booked through Amex Travel do accrue both redeemable and elite
qualifying miles.
As we discussed earlier, the United MileagePlus Elite status is based on the minimum number of
miles flown (Premier
Qualifying Miles or PQM) and amount spent on
flights (Premier
Qualifying Dollars or PQD).
To keep the matched Premier status for the remainder of the 2018 program year, you will need to earn a certain number of Premier
qualifying miles (PQM) or Premier
qualifying segments (PQS) on
flights operated by United or United Express ® within a 90 - day Offer Period.
Those
flights will still earn redeemable and elite
qualifying miles without any of the blackout dates you see from typical award
flights.
However, SPG
Flights redemptions do have the added advantage of earning elite
qualifying and redeemable
miles on most airlines.
MileagePlus members can earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments and Premier
qualifying dollars on eligible Shenzhen Airlines
flights.
Please note that Flying Club members will not earn
miles when booked within the following classes on the VS Codeshare
flights (operated by Singapore Airlines) Booking classes which do not
qualify for accruals are X, N & O (when booked as a VS Codeshare
flight).
Earn MileagePlus
miles on all
qualifying Great Lakes
flights with a United
flight number, as noted in the charts below.
MileagePlus members can earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments and Premier
qualifying dollars on eligible SWISS
flights.
Booking classes which do not
qualify for accruals are B, R, L, U, M, E, Q, X, N & O on the following VS Codeshare
flights: Auckland - Rarotonga Auckland - Christchurch / Wellington / Queenstown Additional
miles will not be earned for bookings that are subsequently upgraded to a higher class whereby an additional fare difference is paid.
MileagePlus members can earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments and Premier
qualifying dollars on eligible Lufthansa
flights.
Only
miles earned on Virgin Atlantic Airways
flights qualify for eligibility into the draw and may be used for Virgin Galactic
flights.
MileagePlus members can earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments and Premier
qualifying dollars on eligible Brussels Airlines
flights.
MileagePlus members can earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments and Premier
qualifying dollars on eligible ANA
flights.
Bonus
miles offer is valid only for new Mileage Plan members who enroll between May 20, 2017 and September 30, 2017, and complete a
qualifying Alaska or Virgin America
flight between the enrollment date and December 31, 2017.
Airline
miles earned through travel or card purchases can help elevate your frequent flyer status and
qualify you for free upgrades on your
flight.
You need to fly at least 48,000
miles (or 24,000
miles with four of those
flights being on Aegean or Olympic Air) to
qualify for Gold Elite (Star Alliance) status.
If I credited all these
flights to United, I would earn 40,853 Elite
Qualifying Miles but only 6,585 award
miles (base fare of $ 1,317 x 5
miles for MileagePlus general members).
MileagePlus members will continue to earn award
miles, Premier
qualifying miles, Premier
qualifying segments, and Premier
qualifying dollars on US Airways
flights through March 30.
Bonus
miles are awarded for purchased
flight and hotel stays or
flight, hotel stay and
qualified car rental bookings.
In order to
qualify for status you only need to meet either the
mile qualification threshold or the
flight qualification threshold, not both.
Frequent flier
miles help you
qualify for a free
flight or upgrade, but they don't count toward elite status with an airline.
Customers purchasing
flight and hotel vacations who stay at any Preferred Pick hotel also
qualify for additional bonus
miles through the SkyMiles ® Program.
Minimum elite status requirements: Earn 50,000
miles (with at least 30,000 flown on Korean Air) or 40
qualifying flights.
You can redeem Virgin Atlantic
miles on Flying Club partner airlines for domestic
flights on
qualifying airlines.
Round - trip
flights that are shorter than 500
miles in distance
qualify for a 1,000 -
mile discount, and one - way
flights receive a 500 -
mile discount.
The upside is that all Air France and KLM
flights will earn
miles (and thus status
qualifying segments), including their version of basic economy (MiNi).
Elite
Qualifying Flight Miles: Earned flight miles and premium cabin bonuses on Icelandair count towards Elite S
Flight Miles: Earned
flight miles and premium cabin bonuses on Icelandair count towards Elite S
flight miles and premium cabin bonuses on Icelandair count towards Elite Status.
Not only has the cardholder just effectively got 2 cents / point of value out of the transaction but he / she will also earn redeemable and status
qualifying miles for the
flight.
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.
Special thanks to Ryan for forwarding me details on Delta's new offer for double Medallion
Qualifying Miles (and award
miles) on all nonstop
flights to and from Seattle, domestic AND international,... [Read more...] about Delta Offers Double EQMs for Washington Residents
Make sure you know which airline loyalty program will earn you the most
miles (if that's what you're looking for) or elite
qualifying miles / points / dollars and then credit your
flights appropriately.
In both cases American has inserted the rule that only
flights booked after 31 August will
qualify for bonus
miles but, historically, this rule hasn't always been applied (like with the European bonus
miles promotion earlier this year).
p.s Don't forget you can credit these
flights to American Airlines» AAdvantage program if you'd like to earn some useful redeemable
miles (note: you won't earn Elite
Qualifying Miles).
AAdvantage Gold cardholders
qualify for a 5,000 -
mile discount for round - trip
flights that are 500
miles or longer and a 2,500 -
mile discount for one - way
flights.