Qualifying points refer to specific requirements or criteria that someone must meet in order to qualify for something, such as a job, a competition, or a benefit. These points usually include certain skills, experience, or qualifications that make a person eligible or suitable for the opportunity.
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An extra 1,500
qualifying points for spending $ 10,000 would account for only about 4 % of your 35,000 - point requirement for the lowest elite level.
Customers can still be rewarded for booking cheap fares and filling up empty seats far in advance, but they will give up
elite qualifying points in exchange for the discount.
The pricier card allows you to earn 1,500 «
tier qualifying points» for each $ 10,000 in purchases, up to $ 100,000 annually.
It also awards 6,000 bonus points each year and 1,500 tier -
qualifying points for every $ 10,000 in purchases, up to 15,000 a year.
The best time of year to do these packages is in January, because once you hit 110,000 Companion
Pass Qualifying points in your account, you get the pass for the rest of the year you qualify and the entire next year.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card, which offers an opportunity to earn tier
qualifying points toward A-List status, has an annual fee of $ 99.
Instead of the standard number of elite -
qualifying points needed for status, the numbers were greatly reduced if you were able to earn the points between September 14 and December 23, 2015.
Earning it is the tough part: you must get 110,000
qualifying points within the year to earn it for the rest of that year and the whole following calendar year.
In order to maximize the time you have with the Southwest Companion Pass, it's necessary to use all available methods of
getting qualifying points.
Usually, getting 2 of these Southwest cards with 50,000 - point bonuses puts you just under the
required qualifying points for the Companion Pass.
This card is also a great way to earn Tier
Qualifying Points if you are close to reaching A-List or A-List Preferred status if that's important to you.
I just received a targeted email from Southwest Airlines offering me A-list status for through 2015 for flying just 3 round trips (6 one - way flights) or by earning 8,750 tier
qualifying points through either flying Southwest or by earning them via the Chase Southwest Credit card between January 22 and April 18, 2015!
Cantab83: I did
qualify my point about the abolition of the Lords, claiming that it would also require significant moves in advancing the powers which back - bench MPs operate over the Executive.
And she needed just 27 seconds to beat her opponent, this time with a uci - mata to throw Miskovic Hasanbegovic and pick up 500
Olympic qualifying points.
Monaco also have an in - form Radamel Falcao to call upon, the Colombian has scored a league - leading seven times in four outings and earned his country a vital World
Cup qualifying point in Tuesday's 1 - 1 draw with Brazil.
It was the Plus version, but I want the Premier version which doesn't have foreign transaction fees and earns me A-List
qualifying point unlike the Plus card which I cancelled.
However, you can still get the card or upgrade an existing business card from American Express to take advantage of the 50 % airline bonus for
qualifying point redemptions before the deadline.
Qualifying points include those earned from flying Southwest, spending on a Rapid Rewards credit card (including the sign - up bonus), using the Southwest Dining Program, making purchases through the shopping portal, and taking advantage of partner offers.
Elevate members who've registered for the «Feel the Earn» offer can also get a boost of up to 25,000 bonus points based on their
total qualifying points earned for Virgin America flights in all cabins during that time.
If the
initial qualifying points earned are changed or refunded at any time during the Promotional Period, the bonus offer will not apply.
It has more benefits than the Platinum card, including a bigger sign - up bonus, better bonus earning categories for purchases, elite
status qualifying points, a companion ticket a complimentary lounge pass.
In order to attain the upgraded status, you will need to fly on American, US Airways and other select airlines and earn the required elite -
qualifying points between September 14 and December 23, 2015, and you'll receive status through February 28, 2017.
It was a pretty awesome trip... The cost in the $ 2k range for a B fare which generated just under 50k Elite
Qualifying Points on United.
In order to earn the pass, you need to earn 110K Southwest Companion
Pass Qualifying points in a calendar year.
Normally qualifying for Gold Elite status requires staying 10 nights per year at IHG hotels or earning 10,000 Elite
qualifying points per year.
In practice, this means you will no longer be able to sign - up for both of these cards to earn two sign - up bonuses and put you within easy striking distance of the 110,000
qualifying points needed for the Companion Pass.
However, neither of the other programs I might consider crediting miles to, American or their oneworld partner British Airways, awards bonus miles for «Y» - class tickets either, so I stuck with my original plan and credited the flights to Alaska (American gives 50 % more
Elite Qualifying Points, if you're planning to qualify that way)