Not exact matches
She encourages
travelers who want to
earn elite
status to stick with the main carrier or carriers at the airport they most often use.
As far as travel cards go, this is not a premium card that helps
earn status, free checked bags or lounge access, but if you're an occasional
traveler or prefer to fly economy, this card is still a good bet.
The Platinum Delta SkyMiles ® Business Credit Card is also better for
travelers who enjoy having airline
status — due to the ability to
earn Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs).
If you're an avid Delta
traveler, this is a card from our partner American Express that you'll want to explore — especially if you're working towards
earning Delta Elite
Status.
If you're an avid Delta
traveler, especially one working towards
earning or requalifying for Delta elite
status, you'll want to explore the benefits of this card and its opportunities that let you
earn up to 25,000 Delta Medallion ® Qualification Miles (MQMs) by reaching qualified spending thresholds.
However, they are only valuable to
travelers who wouldn't have received that benefit any other way, such as by
earning elite
status with the airline.
As far as travel cards go, this is not a premium card that helps
earn status, free checked bags or lounge access, but if you're an occasional
traveler or prefer to fly economy, this card is still a good bet.
Mileage Plan elite
status is one of the highest - regarded programs among
travelers for its mileage
earning rates and benefits.
Without a way to
earn status based on stays, 60 nights is a high bar for all but the most frequent
travelers.
Tip # 2:
Earn Gold or Platinum status if possible (frequent traveler or status challenge), as you'll earn 1x more point on your s
Earn Gold or Platinum
status if possible (frequent
traveler or
status challenge), as you'll
earn 1x more point on your s
earn 1x more point on your stays
But if you're a regular
traveler with Southwest Airlines and have A-List or A-List Preferred
status, you'll really ramp up your
earning.
Amtrak offers 25 % bonus points for
travelers that
earn Select
status, which kicks in after just 5,000 Tier Qualifying Points.
Most
travelers assume that getting hotel
status is a time - consuming and complicated process like flying tens of thousands of miles to
earn airline
status.
But it's a great strategy for Australian
travelers to
earn up to 10 elite
status credits a month!
You also are able to
earn credit toward your Elite
status, which makes this much easier to achieve if you are a frequent
traveler.
Unfortunately, tickets paid for in miles don't count toward
earning miles for Medallion
status, so business
travelers can't use their welcome offer to achieve this perk faster.
If you're an avid Delta
traveler, this is a card from our partner American Express that you'll want to explore — especially if you're working towards
earning Delta Elite
Status.
Travelers join frequent flyer programs for a number of reasons, including racking up miles, qualifying for elite
status,
earning travel awards, and obtaining a higher level of customer service.
Travelers who stay at one of Omni's 60 properties at least nine nights per year can qualify for elite
status and get 10 benefits, such as free ironing service, and
earn a free night after 20 nights.
The new initiatives aim to provide a faster way for
travelers members to
earn Mosaic
status, while introducing them to JetBlue's frequent flyer program.
Travelers who hold AAdvantage Gold
status will
earn a further 1,817 miles and those with Platinum or Executive Platinum will
earn an extra 7,269 AAdvantage Miles.
Here's a table showing what you should
earn by crediting these flights to American Airlines AAdvantage or the British Airways Executive Club (assuming a
traveler with no
status):
The following chart shows what a
traveler with no
status can expect to
earn if he / she credits these flights to either American Airlines AAdvantage or the British Airways Executive Club:
I think most discretionary
travelers will find they are better off paying for the a la cart upgrades or first class tickets on the longer routes where it matters rather than investing the extra time and money in mileage runs to
earn elite
status.
To reach top tier
status with Delta (Diamond Medallion
status)
travelers need to
earn an extra 25,000 elite qualifying miles (or what Delta calls Medallion Qualifying Miles) compared to what American and United flyers need to
earn in their respective programs.
For flights taken after 1 August 2016 and credited to American Airlines AAdvantage,
travelers will
earn AAdvantage miles based on the base price + carrier imposed fees multiplied by the
status multiplier 5 / 7/8 / 11 for no
status / Gold / Platinum / Executive Platinum.
Some road warriors might even
earn Premier 1K, the highest level of
status available to most
travelers.
Note: Most
travelers booking Economy or Discount Economy fares will not be reaching a meaningful level of
status (Silver or above) with British Airways so I have deliberatley not muddied the waters by taking
status earning into consideration in this blog.
but there's never been much of an incentive for US - based
travelers to actually
earn Gold
status.
Status miles are the miles you need to
earn in order to reach the first two levels: Frequent
Traveler and Senator
This will significantly curtail the ability of Midwest and East Coast
travelers to
earn status on Alaska if they haven't already been discouraged by the loss of Delta's partnership.
Club Carlson has three primary
status tiers (Silver, Gold, Concierge) and
travelers are required to spend 15, 35 and 75 nights, respectively, at Club Carlson properties to
earn those
statuses.
This will not affect Elite Qualifying Miles or Elite Qualifying Dollars but the number of Redeemable AAdvantage Miles shown is the minimum that will be
earned —
travelers with
status will
earn more.
The Gold Delta SkyMiles Business card from American Express is a great option for the occasional business
traveler who doesn't fly enough to
earn status.
The way
travelers earn Flying Blue
Status will be changing from 1 April 2018 and some of the changes are less than self - explanatory.
The addition of Gaylord Hotels provides more opportunities for meeting planners and attendees as well as leisure and business
travelers to
earn Marriott Rewards points, airline miles and elite
status.
Travelers can reach elite
status by
earning a certain number of miles or completing a set number of flight segments.
The Citibank Prestige is great if you are a frequent (business)
traveler (you
earn 3 points / $ spend), don't have
status with an airline you are flying (lounge access via PriorityPass) and want to redeem for for international travel on world class airlines (great transfer partners like Singapore, Cathay or Virgin America)!
Hilton HHonors is a good loyalty program for some
travelers who want to enjoy the benefits of elite
status but don't think they'll stay often enough to
earn it the old fashioned way.
Travelers who stay often at these hotels could end up
earning great value back from their Gold
status.
As a somewhat frequent
traveler (for work and pleasure), I've
earned Premier Silver
status with United Airlines and Bronze
status with British Airways.
Under both of these programs,
travelers with discounted tickets and / or without elite
status earn fewer miles than before.
I often hold up reimbursed business
travelers as a sort of platonic ideal of a travel hacker, one who is able to spend her employer's money, accrue elite - qualifying miles with the airline of her choice, and
earn top - tier hotel
status on someone else's dime.
Note that I haven't said anything about
earning elite
status here: in the current climate of airline devaluations I think most
travelers are better off ignoring the elite
status treadmill and, as Milenomics puts it, Being Your Own Elite.
If you're a frequent Delta
traveler who's just looking for a card to help you upgrade your Medallion
status, the card's free companion certificate could make the card's high annual fee worth it since you'll essentially be
earning that money back each time you renew your card.
Those last two words are key, because there are of course many
travelers who
earn far more than 1 million frequent flyer miles and points per year, although a good portion of them are from flying and from their frequent flyer elite
status, sometimes with more than one airline.