{"id":666,"date":"2011-07-20T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=666"},"modified":"2011-07-20T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:58:45","slug":"how-to-obtain-airline-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"How to obtain airline status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways in which people can obtain status with airlines.\u00a0 These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight segments<\/li>\n<li>Total miles flown in one year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve included a chart from American Airlines&#8217; Elite Status Qualification page.\u00a0 This shows how many flights or segments you would need to fly in order to gain status with the airlines.\u00a0 What are the benefits you ask?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.com\/i18n\/AAdvantage\/eliteStatus\/elite-benefits-chart.jsp\">Look Here.<\/a> <strong>2011 Elite Status Qualification<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"592\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Elite Status<\/th>\n<th>Miles or Points Required<\/th>\n<th>Segments Required<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Executive Platinum<\/td>\n<td>100,000<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Platinum<\/td>\n<td>50,000<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gold<\/td>\n<td>25,000<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read a lot about things that are called Mileage Runs. Let me do some explaining as to how they work. Essentially you find a flight that is a great deal by looking on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farecompare.com\/search\/flyertalk.html\">http:\/\/www.farecompare.com\/search\/flyertalk.html<\/a>.\u00a0 This is an example from SLC to see where someone might be able to start a mileage run.\u00a0 This would let you know what cities would be a great place for a mileage run.\u00a0 The PPM is the key as it tells you how many points per mile that flight would cost you.\u00a0 It will help you to get maximum miles for the least cost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-676\" title=\"Picture 1\" src=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next tool that is used is <a href=\"http:\/\/matrix1.itasoftware.com\">matrix1.itasoftware.com<\/a>. This tool helps you to find the most affordable flight to your destination by taking the largest number of stopovers, thereby allowing you to have the most amount of flight segments that will ultimately give you status with the airlines. Here is where you input the flight location.\u00a0 I chose the month long search that shows the entire month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-677\" title=\"Picture 2\" src=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next page shows you the month and the dates that work for your search.\u00a0 You click on the lowest price, which is the date with the yellow box.\u00a0 You could also unclick the &#8220;1 Stop&#8221; box as to allow for more stopovers, which would in turn result in more segments on your way to having status with the airline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-679\" title=\"Picture 3\" src=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the final result.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve looked through some of the cheapest flights and it looks like there is a Continental flight that would go through Washington DC, and that would result in a few more miles than flying through Atlanta.\u00a0 It may seem trivial, but every mile counts.\u00a0\u00a0 You can use this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webflyer.com\/travel\/mileage_calculator\/\">airline miles mileage calculator<\/a> to see how many miles each itinerary will get you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-41.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-680\" title=\"Picture 4\" src=\"http:\/\/worldwanderlusting.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/picture-41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I realize that this might be a lot to understand for a beginner, but you&#8217;ll get there.\u00a0 Keep hanging with us and watching. Let us know if you have other questions.<\/p>\n<p>Learn to Wanderlust with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/track.linkoffers.net\/a.aspx?foid=2695062&amp;fot=9999&amp;foc=2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.linkoffers.net\/SharedImages\/Products\/156\/524472.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways in which people can obtain status with airlines.\u00a0 These are: Flight segments Total miles flown in one year I&#8217;ve included a chart from American Airlines&#8217; Elite Status Qualification page.\u00a0 This shows how many flights or segments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=666\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[201],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1DhXV-aK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}