Journey to Top Elite Status on American and United Airlines UPDATE Mar 2013

UA was two DFW-IAH-HNL-SFO-IAH-DFW turn both into BusinessFirst on an international Boeing 767-400 outbound flights cleared with 2 Regional Premier Upgrades (RPUs).  The return was eligible for Complimentary Domestic Upgrades since I used up all my RPUs already.  The other plus is that I got to earn a little bit more miles (116 PQMS each) because of the routing and extra segments that I took but that meant I got into DFW a few hours later as well.   

AA trip was on LAX-DFW-ORD-PVG on AA outbound Business Class cleared with eVIP on a great fare sale at the end of the month for a quick one week fun trip.  I flew on an (7740 WN points) award ticket on Southwest Airlines from DAL-ABQ-LAX for the positioning flight.  Revenue ticket was about $129 on Southwest but I was not interested in earning anymore Southwest Rapid Rewards points at this time.    

	United Airlines	American Airlines
January	Premier Qualifying Miles – 20,970   Premier Qualifying Segments – 20 Redeemable Miles – 41,940	Elite Qualifying Miles – 13,066 Elite Qualifying Segments – 10 Redeemable Miles – 26,132
February	Premier Qualifying Miles – 13,618 *Premier Silver Achieved* Premier Qualifying Segments – 8.5 Redeemable Miles – 27,611	Elite Qualifying Miles – 12,467 *Gold Achieved* Elite Qualifying Segments –  5 Redeemable Miles – 24,934
March	Premier Qualifying Miles –  17,900 *Premier Gold Achieved* Premier Qualifying Segments – 10 Redeemable Miles – 35,800	Elite Qualifying Miles – 9,094 Elite Qualifying Segments – 3 Redeemable Miles – 18,192
Totals to Date	Premier Qualifying Miles – 52,488   Premier Qualifying Segments – 38.5 Redeemable Miles – 105,351	Elite Qualifying Miles – 34,627 Elite Qualifying Segments – 18 Redeemable Miles – 69,254
Remainder Needed	Premier Qualifying Miles – 47,512 Premier Qualifying Segments –  81.5	Elite Qualifying Miles – 65,373 Elite Qualifying Segments – 82

 

Here's the monthly summary of the paths I took:

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