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Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by jki275 on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:34AM (#18363748)
On what airline?

2 Asia trips won't even meet the minimum number of flights, let alone qualify you for any status.

4 trips on Star Alliance from the US to Asia might get you the lowest status, which does essentially nothing for you. You probably would need another 8 trips to make it to Gold which is where it actually means something.

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Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by kenneth on Friday November 02, 2018 @04:37PM (#18366513)
Your math is way off. Did you check the distance on a map? SFO-HKG 2x will earn you 27k miles [1].

Most programs have their status levels at 25k miles for lowest and 100k for highest. So, ignoring spend, 2 round-trips to HKG will earn you Silver status on United.

4 trips in business class (double miles) will earn you 110k miles, enough for 1K status.

[1]: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SFO-HKG-SFO;SFO-HKG-SFO

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