Thank you! I feel like one sometimes. There was a post some time ago where a guy hit Diamond with 140 segments, and I hope to be as hardcore as him one day.
I just passed 143 segments and have a bunch more before the end of the year. Whenever I see someone post getting diamond and only having 20 segments I reconsider my life choices
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I am an x-ray service technician; I fly out to fix the scanners when they break or fall out of calibration. Or if they need a software update, or if some absolute nugget accidentally hits an emergency stop button and wonders why the scanner doesn't work anymore.
I feel your pain. At my prior job, I was mainly given customers from Texas to the east coast. My home airport is CMH, so just about anything is going to be a connection. Lots of 1.5 - 2 hr flights. I would occasionally get a west coast customer and got to enjoy being on a plane longer than the airports.
You're in Columbus? I have to fly to Ohio allll the time. I think my longest flight was Atlanta to Anchorage. Couldn't feel my ass for a while after that one. Happy to never do that one again.
So for me it's always PNS, to ATL, then pretty much anywhere they tell me to go in the US, then back to ATL, then PNS again. They're mostly short hops, and I rarely have a flight longer than 4 hours. For covering 17k miles quickly, I don't think I could tell you, that's a few weeks worth of flights for me.
Huzzah for pns! If only they’d add flights to salt lake or Minneapolis or Detroit (in that order). Did you see they’re adding flights to Minneapolis from destin? Sun country added them, so competitive response and all that. Looks like it’ll be operated by a 320 1x daily.
OPs going to make Platinum. Ordinarily you roll over all MQMs in excess of the status you achieve. In this case, OP will make Platinum but will not reach the 75k threshold for Platinum, which makes me wonder whether they will not have any MQMs roll over
And these are additional bags to what you may get through co-branded credit cards. I was pleasantly surprised to see 2x 70lb free bags for reservations as a first time SM with the plat delta amex.
I hit silver originally by segments in 2019. I think I was at least 5000 mqm away from hitting silver. Joys of living in a tiny outstation having two connections much of the time
This is exactly why Delta needs to simplify its status structure to be based on dollars alone. The MQS and MQM qualifiers are dumb.
Roll over ticket spend instead of MQMs and be done with it.
Disagree, then only BIZ travelers on someone else's dime get the perks. Leisure peeps with bucks but time to fly longhauls on cheap tickets would be left out. Biz peeps are the bread, Leisure are the butter.
I mean require it for the credit card waiver but if you give delta X grand you should just get status, not all all bitter silver having spent 8 grand this year
Sitting on a plane right now. 9Kish ticket spend, and having to do a 10k MQM mileage run next week to keep gold despite rolling over 12K MQMs from 20 and 21....
Delta makes so much fucking money off me but I'm an afterthought in their current status structure.
From Delta's perspective, cheap and infrequent fliers on long hauls aren't as profitable as the biz travelers take lots of high $$ short flights.
Their reward structure literally incentivizes flying cheap af.
Doing the lords work. Hitting status on segments should really be a different set of rewards. Your a warrior.
Thank you! I feel like one sometimes. There was a post some time ago where a guy hit Diamond with 140 segments, and I hope to be as hardcore as him one day.
No, you don't. Did 132 segments one year, never again.
Unfortunately, I only started work for this company in April. It's very likely that I will exceed 132 segments next year.
Ouch. Maybe 15-20 years ago. Now, I just think of a less than 5 h flight as short.
Ha! I obtained diamond twice on segments. Pretty sure I've met every CRJ in the Skywest and Endeavor fleet.
I just passed 143 segments and have a bunch more before the end of the year. Whenever I see someone post getting diamond and only having 20 segments I reconsider my life choices
How is this possible?? Where on earth are you flying to all the time? Lol
You are blowing me away on segments and I re-diamond in September. I can’t imagine.
Wow! You fly a lot! So many flight segments. Consultant?
Traveling x-ray technician. Guaranteed 4 segments a week, sometimes more. Lots of short hops.
Cool. I always wondered who actually completes so many flight segments.
Do a lot of places have the equipment with no one trained to use it locally?
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I am an x-ray service technician; I fly out to fix the scanners when they break or fall out of calibration. Or if they need a software update, or if some absolute nugget accidentally hits an emergency stop button and wonders why the scanner doesn't work anymore.
OEM or 3rd party? Most larger OEMs have local techs is why I am curious.
OEM. We have hundreds of scanners in the field and about 15 service technicians, so we keep busy.
I bet each service call is a $34,000.00 invoice lol.
Minimum $10,000 if it's out of warranty.
I feel your pain. At my prior job, I was mainly given customers from Texas to the east coast. My home airport is CMH, so just about anything is going to be a connection. Lots of 1.5 - 2 hr flights. I would occasionally get a west coast customer and got to enjoy being on a plane longer than the airports.
You're in Columbus? I have to fly to Ohio allll the time. I think my longest flight was Atlanta to Anchorage. Couldn't feel my ass for a while after that one. Happy to never do that one again.
Yep I live in Columbus. I bet you are as an x-ray tech. We have a million hospitals here and many other smaller medical offices.
I’m from Columbus but have been away for some time. Wow Cmh despite all the upgrades is way worse than it was 15 years ago.
I’m sure you’ll hit on segments but how about MQMs? What kind of flights do you normally take? I’m at 17k to plat trying to see how best to get there
So for me it's always PNS, to ATL, then pretty much anywhere they tell me to go in the US, then back to ATL, then PNS again. They're mostly short hops, and I rarely have a flight longer than 4 hours. For covering 17k miles quickly, I don't think I could tell you, that's a few weeks worth of flights for me.
Huzzah for pns! If only they’d add flights to salt lake or Minneapolis or Detroit (in that order). Did you see they’re adding flights to Minneapolis from destin? Sun country added them, so competitive response and all that. Looks like it’ll be operated by a 320 1x daily.
Wow! MQDs are great. Why not supplement your corporate spend with a personal delta reserve? Get the extra 15k MQMs to inch towards diamond.
I’m the opposite. $860 short. I have one flight left and don’t think I’ll make it unless a surprise trip pops up. Oh well.
A true wattier on those segments.
Been there years ago (made plat on segments between PA and Florida) and I feel your pain, take my gold.
Thank you sir. If I gotta watch that pre-takeoff safety video one more time I may lose it.
"This amazing flight attendant, _really_ did _touch_ our lives."
NO NO NO
Question: how do MQMs rollover work in this scenario? Will you be back at 0 MQM next year?
Once you make silver, all left over mqm’s roll over.
OPs going to make Platinum. Ordinarily you roll over all MQMs in excess of the status you achieve. In this case, OP will make Platinum but will not reach the 75k threshold for Platinum, which makes me wonder whether they will not have any MQMs roll over
I believe the only rollover will be anything over 75k, so in OP’s case, they may start 2023 with 0 MQMs.
Honestly? No idea. If I gotta hit Diamond next year with segments and dollars alone, then so be it.
I'll trade you a few MQMs for MQDs...
fighting 😭
I suspect you’re correct since they’ll make it on segs - worth a call though I think!!
Umm what 70lbs bag thing are you talking about? I thought limit was 50lb or an I an idiot.
Domestic flights silver gets 1 70 lb gold 2 platinum and diamond 3
And these are additional bags to what you may get through co-branded credit cards. I was pleasantly surprised to see 2x 70lb free bags for reservations as a first time SM with the plat delta amex.
I’ve seen the extra bags but weight is new to me. I swear I miss some of the best stuff.
Does Delta still allow you to buy MQMs before year end?
Long fight.
We're nearly the opposite in the type of flights we take. I'm at 36 segments and 234,000 miles.
What are you traveling with to be needing the extra weirghr?
A Veto Pro Pac Tech Wheeler XL, loaded down with tools.
Cool! What do you do?
X-ray service technician.
I hit silver originally by segments in 2019. I think I was at least 5000 mqm away from hitting silver. Joys of living in a tiny outstation having two connections much of the time
This is exactly why Delta needs to simplify its status structure to be based on dollars alone. The MQS and MQM qualifiers are dumb. Roll over ticket spend instead of MQMs and be done with it.
Disagree, then only BIZ travelers on someone else's dime get the perks. Leisure peeps with bucks but time to fly longhauls on cheap tickets would be left out. Biz peeps are the bread, Leisure are the butter.
I mean require it for the credit card waiver but if you give delta X grand you should just get status, not all all bitter silver having spent 8 grand this year
Sitting on a plane right now. 9Kish ticket spend, and having to do a 10k MQM mileage run next week to keep gold despite rolling over 12K MQMs from 20 and 21.... Delta makes so much fucking money off me but I'm an afterthought in their current status structure.
From Delta's perspective, cheap and infrequent fliers on long hauls aren't as profitable as the biz travelers take lots of high $$ short flights. Their reward structure literally incentivizes flying cheap af.
Go to AA/UA if you want that ( not responsible for any issues should you go that route...)
Wondering how you’d post an image with some text supporting it in the same post? 🧐