Today, Maria got an email that said she made American Airlines gold status. Good
for her! That got me
thinking. I have already earned
gold status this year but I really want platinum.
Yesterday, blogger, Hack My Trip, wrote a blog “Start thinking NOW about elite status.” The blog stated, “The end-of-year elite status qualification deadline is
approaching, which means two things. Either (1) You’re scrambling for a few
mileage or mattress runs to reach your goal of elite status for this year, or
(2) You’re already planning for next year.”
Unfortunately,
I am #1. I am scrambling trying to decide if I should do what is known as a mileage run. A mileage run is when you travel to a
destination strictly to earn airline mileage not for the point of visiting the
destination., I am 14,122 miles
short of platinum. I have three
more flights before the end of the year but that will only earn me approximately 7,000 miles. At this rate I am not going to make platinum The only way to make it would be for me
to do a cheap international trip.
Below is the difference between gold and platinum. Should I try for Platinum? Leave a comment.
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| Gold is on the far right and platinum is in the middle |
I say go for it! If there is anyone who could find a cheap international flight...it is you. :)
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