At 2 million, you get lifetime Platinum status and four one-way systemwide upgrades. For every additional million miles you fly, you can earn an additional four one-way systemwide upgrades.
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There are a variety of status tiers being sold, and there's generally a “one time set-up fee,” and then a fee every three to four months to maintain the status. For example, you can score Delta Platinum status for a one-time fee of $300, plus a $99 fee every three months.
For most people, it probably won't be worth going very far out of your way to chase airline elite status. You can easily replicate many of the perks that a low- or even mid-tier elite traveler would enjoy by holding the right credit cards and buying the occasional upgrade to first class.
Frontier Airlines previously announced a variety of unlimited flight passes, including a Fall & Winter pass which provides unlimited travel between September 2, 2023 through February 29, 2024 for only $299.
To put a sense of scale to flying one million miles, consider that a JFK-LAX transcon is 2,475 miles. That means it would take 401 flights to qualify as a million miler.
All members who have one million lifetime flight miles or more earn annual status benefits for themselves, as well as the option to extend their current Premier status to a companion (defined as a spouse, significant other or individual who resides at the same home address, based on MileagePlus profile information) on ...
Any truth in that? Sadly, it seems to be something of a myth. Very few airlines are known to have granted a newborn free flights for life. The only carriers to have done so are Thai Airways, Asia Pacific Airlines, AirAsia and Polar Airlines.
Regardless of your cabin class, you earn a lifetime flight mile for each physical mile you fly (based on the miles scheduled for your flights, not the actual flight distance). But although you can now earn PQPs and PQFs on some award bookings, you won't earn lifetime flight miles on award flights.
Among Delta's most frequent travelers there are the Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond Medallion Members. There are people who have traveled 1, 2 and even up to 13 million miles on Delta jets. But there is one customer who holds the travel bragging rights trump card: Todd O., Delta's first and only 14 Million Miler.
What's the cost to buy AAdvantage elite status? With American's elite tier offer you can buy up to one tier above what you've currently qualified for (in other words, if you've already earned Platinum status, you can only earn Platinum Pro status this way — there's also no way to earn Concierge Key with this).
For example, you'll achieve lifetime Platinum elite status after 600 qualifying nights and 10 years of Platinum elite status or higher. However, Marriott does not currently offer lifetime Titanium status, so you must renew your Titanium status each year to continue receiving benefits.
1. American Airlines AAdvantage. Starting January 2022, American Airlines revamped its elite status program. Earning Loyalty Points from flying is relatively simple: If you earn an AAdvantage mile from flying, you'll earn a Loyalty Point.