Journey to Top Elite Status on American and United Airlines UPDATE June 2012

Greetings from Hong Kong! I am currently staying at the Hyatt Regency Sha Tin.  Just flew in on Thai Airways in First Class (8 hours ago) after spending a day in Bangkok and staying the night at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel (plus going shopping and getting massages).

After returning from Hong Kong on May 31st, I not have much traveling this past month as the ticket prices are very high due to the summer vacation season and nothing booked.  It did a few turns on United (DFW-IAH with IAH-DAL turns for 1 week and DFW-IAH with IAH-CRP) that gave me 4,000 Premier Qualifying miles, and 33,000 redeemable miles (8,000 from flying and 25,000 from promotion). 

I did have some fun and relaxation by booking another one week vacation trip using my miles as well with First Class on Lufthansa/Thai Airways from DFW to HKG and then a First Class ticket on Cathay Pacific back from HKG to DFW. I will be spending July 4th in Hong kong!

Here's my travels for this month (it was a slow month!) but I did work 22 days, take off 2 days for mileage running, 3 days off for resting/errands and the last 3 days of the month on vacation.

	United Airlines	American Airlines
January	Premier Qualifying Miles – 7,726 Premier Qualifying Segments – 4  Redeemable Miles – 15,452	Elite Qualifying Miles – 54,942 Elite Qualifying Segments – 11 Redeemable Miles – 46,158
February	Premier Qualifying Miles – 12,924 Premier Qualifying Segments – 8  Redeemable Miles – 27,146	Elite Qualifying Miles – 20,692 Elite Qualifying Segments – 8 Redeemable Miles – 58,952
March	Premier Qualifying Miles – 21,961 Premier Qualifying Segments – 12  Redeemable Miles – 43,922	Elite Qualifying Miles – 11,712 Elite Qualifying Segments –  4 Redeemable Miles – 17,568
April	Premier Qualifying Miles – 16,382 Premier Qualifying Segments –  10 Redeemable Miles – 35,622	None
May	Premier Qualifying Miles – 7,726 Premier Qualifying Segments – 4  Redeemable Miles – 15,452	Elite Qualifying Miles – 13,028 Elite Qualifying Segments – 8 Redeemable Miles – 23,158
June	Premier Qualifying Miles – 4,000 Premier Qualifying Segments – 8  Redeemable Miles – 8,000 + 25,000 promo	None
Totals to Date	Premier Qualifying Miles – 70,719 Premier Qualifying Segments – 46 Redeemable Miles – 170,594	Elite Qualifying Miles – 100,374 Elite Qualifying Segments – 31 Redeemable Miles – 145,836
Remainder Needed	Premier Qualifying Miles – 29,281 Premier Qualifying Segments – 74	Re-Qualification Achieved