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).
Not exact matches
You'll earn a higher
status by achieving a certain number of
qualifying miles or
segments combined with total spending.
If you fly with Delta regularly and are hoping to earn elite
status, the Medallion
Qualifying Dollar (MQD) requirement can really cause issues for you... even if you will hit the Medallion Qualification Mile (MQM) or Medallion Qualification
Segment (MQS) requirements.
While many airlines require you to fly
segments to earn elite
status qualifying miles, with Delta you can earn Medallion Qualification Miles when using the Platinum Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express.
EDQ requirements mean that you must spend a certain amount of money with the airline in addition to flying a certain number of miles or
segments to
qualify for elite
status.
Achieve Prestige, Elite, and Super Elite
status in Air Canada Altitude by accumulating Altitude
Qualifying Miles (AQM), Altitude
Qualifying Segments (AQS), and Altitude
Qualifying Dollars (AQD).
This includes premier
qualifying dollars (PQD), and also the stipulation that you must fly a minimum of four paid flight
segments each year in order to maintain your
status.
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).
Each level of American Airlines elite
status qualification requires an EQD (Elite
Qualifying Dollars) level of spending with the airline in addition to Elite
Qualifying Miles /
Segment qualifications (EQM / EQS).
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.
If a cardmember fails to meet the Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) threshold for a Qualification Year, they can still
qualify for Medallion
status if they've earned the required Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) or Medallion Qualification
Segments (MQSs)-- and made at least $ 25,000 in eligible purchases on the card within that qualification year.
EDQ requirements mean that you must spend a certain amount of money with the airline in addition to flying a certain number of miles or
segments to
qualify for elite
status.
You'll earn a higher
status by achieving a certain number of
qualifying miles or
segments combined with total spending.
Achieve Prestige, Elite, and Super Elite
status in Air Canada Altitude by accumulating Altitude
Qualifying Miles (AQM), Altitude
Qualifying Segments (AQS), and Altitude
Qualifying Dollars (AQD).
Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) Waiver: If the Medallion Qualification Dollar (MQD) threshold is not met for a Qualification Year, you can still
qualify for Platinum, Gold or Silver Medallion
Status if you have earned the required Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) or Medallion Qualification
Segments (MQSs) and make at least $ 25,000 in Eligible Purchases within that Qualification Year on your eligible Card.
After earning 125,000 MQMs (or flying 140 Medallion -
qualifying flight
segments) and spending $ 15,000 or more MQDs, frequent fliers earn Diamond Medallion
status.
After earning 75,000 MQMs (or flying 100 Medallion -
qualifying flight
segments) and spending $ 9,000 or more MQDs, frequent fliers earn Platinum Medallion
status.
Additionally, to be eligible to
qualify for Premier Silver
status, you must fly a minimum of four paid flight
segments on flights operated by United and / or United Express during a calendar year, excluding Basic Economy (N) fares.
On January 1, 2016, elite -
qualifying points will be removed from our qualifying structure, and elite status will be based on Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
qualifying points will be removed from our
qualifying structure, and elite status will be based on Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
qualifying structure, and elite
status will be based on Elite
Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite Qualifying Segmen
Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite
Qualifying Segmen
Qualifying Segments (EQSs).
Starting in January, AAdvantage members can
qualify for elite
status in two ways: elite
qualifying miles (EQMs) or elite
qualifying segments (EQSs) at the same thresholds as now.
Basic Economy (N) purchases are not eligible to receive Premier
qualifying credit (PQM / PQS / PQD), and Basic Economy (N) purchases do not count toward the four -
segment minimum requirement for Premier
status.
The airline sent out an emailed titled, «Your loyalty accounts are combined, in which the airline lists important information like your elite
status and expiration date, your combined mileage balance, your Million Miler balance, and 2015 year - to - date elite -
qualifying miles, points and
segments.
Delta flyers who want to reach SkyMiles» ultra-elite Diamond Medallion
status have to fly 125,000
qualifying miles or 140 segments annually, and they have to rack up at least $ 15,000 in spending (i.e., Medallion Qualifying Dollars or MQDs) on Delta and its
qualifying miles or 140
segments annually, and they have to rack up at least $ 15,000 in spending (i.e., Medallion
Qualifying Dollars or MQDs) on Delta and its
Qualifying Dollars or MQDs) on Delta and its partners.
Through 15 February 2018 Delta is running a promotion it's calling «Elevate Your
Status» in which Medallion members can purchase Medallion Qualifying Miles and Medallion Qualifying Segments in order to boost their Medallion status for
Status» in which Medallion members can purchase Medallion
Qualifying Miles and Medallion
Qualifying Segments in order to boost their Medallion
status for
status for 2018.
Additionally, to be eligible to
qualify for Premier Platinum
status, you must fly a minimum of four paid flight
segments on flights operated by United and / or United Express during a calendar year, excluding Basic Economy (N) fares.
To
qualify for
status, program members have to fly a certain number of miles or a certain number of
segments and spend a certain amount of money.
As an AAdvantage ® member, you can earn Gold, Platinum, or Executive Platinum Elite
status by flying a minimum of 30
qualifying flight
segments on AA or its affiliated partners, or earning at least 25,000
qualifying miles.
In order to keep your Elite
status, you must fly at least four
segments on AA or US Airways carriers within the
qualifying year.
The other type of person that will benefit from this card is someone who would
qualify for Delta Medallion
status based on miles or
segments, but doesn't spend enough money to hit the Medallion Qualification Dollar requirement.
That is the total miles, and total
qualifying segments from the two programs will be added together in order to assess the
status level for 2016.
Flying
segments on other partner airlines won't
qualify you for an elite
status.
In order to
qualify for any level of Medallion
status with Delta, you must hit a threshold of Medallion
Qualifying Miles (MQMs) or Medallion
Qualifying Segments (MQSs) and hit a Medallion
Qualifying Dollar (MQD) threshold.
Starting January 1, spending will also figure into qualification for elite
status, with access to each level requiring a combination of elite -
qualifying dollars (EQDs) plus elite -
qualifying miles or
segments.
United's elite
status is based in part on Premier
Qualifying Miles (PQM) and Premier
Qualifying Segments (PQS), not on the standard miles you've earned.
Beginning in January, AAdvantage will dump elite -
qualifying points, and will provide two ways for members to gain elite status: Elite - Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite - Qualifying
qualifying points, and will provide two ways for members to gain elite
status: Elite -
Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite - Qualifying
Qualifying Miles (EQMs) or Elite -
QualifyingQualifying Segments.
The final tier in the SkyMiles program is Diamond Medallion
status, which normally requires 125,000 MQMs or 140 Medallion -
qualifying segments plus $ 15,000 MQDs.
The third tier in the SkyMiles program is Platinum Medallion
status, which normally requires 75,000 MQMs or 100 Medallion -
qualifying segments plus $ 9,000 MQDs.
Under the current system, you can
qualify for elite
status based on elite
qualifying miles, elite
qualifying points, or elite
qualifying segments.
«is defined as having achieved
status through the equivalent of a minimum 25,000
qualifying miles or a minimum of 25
qualifying flight
segments in that program during a calendar year.»
Earning
status will require flying at least 4
qualifying segments operated by United, United Express, and / or Copa Airlines
If you were to earn $ 3,000 in EQDs by spending $ 25,000 on the Aviator Red card, you'd meet the revenue requirement for AAdvantage Gold
status (though you'd still need to
qualify through elite -
qualifying miles or elite -
qualifying segments as well).
Qualifying for top - tier
status with American, Delta and United is relatively straightforward — you have to meet the published flight,
segment and / or spending requirements — but each carrier also offers a more mysterious, invite - only level of membership.
In order to earn top tier Diamond
status, Delta SkyMiles members must meet the following requirements within each calendar year: Earn 125,000 MQMs (Medallion
Qualifying Miles) or 140 MQSs (Medallion
Qualifying Segments), and $ 15,000 MQDs (Medallion
Qualifying Dollars).
We understand this is a significant increase, but keep in mind that the MQD Waiver to
qualify for all of the best - in - class benefits of Platinum, Gold and Silver Medallion
Status will remain at $ 25,000 and you can still reach Diamond Medallion
Status by earning 125,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) or 140 Medallion Qualification
Segments (MQSs) and $ 15,000 MQDs.
(On American, passengers get E.P.
status after flying 100,000 paid
qualifying miles, or 100 «
segments,» in a year.)