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

I  had a blast on my Singapore First Class trip!  Book 2 revenue tickets this month on United.  First was an overnight turn in San Juan, Puerto Rico with the routing DFW-IAH-SJU-IAD-DFW (all upgraded to first class in advance). The following week I booked DFW-TUS (award on American Airlines using British Airways Avios) and TUS-LAX-EWR-LAX-TUS (on United) and then TUS-PHX-DFW (on US Airways).  You can follow the TUS-EWR trip here.  The trip map routing visual is here.

I credited the San Juan trip and the TUS-EWR trips to my Turkish account since I am requalifying for Star Gold on Turkish for lounge access for 2 additional years beyond 2014.  The TUS-PHX-DFW on US Airways I credit to United since the fare class on US Airways will give 100% of flown miles (plus double premier bonus) versus 50% on Turkish (with no bonus).

	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
July	None	None
August	Premier Qualifying Miles – 977 Premier Qualifying Segments – 2  Redeemable Miles – 1,954	None
Totals to Date	Premier Qualifying Miles – 72,994 Premier Qualifying Segments – 48 Redeemable Miles – 142,742	Elite Qualifying Miles – 100,374 Elite Qualifying Segments – 31 Redeemable Miles – 145,836
Remainder Needed	Premier Qualifying Miles – 27,006    Premier Qualifying Segments – 72	Re-Qualification Achieved Via Elite Qualifying Miles