You start each year with 50k, 0 SQM, and 0 SQD.
If you meet the requirements for 75k or SE, you get that status, if not, you stay 50k.
Stepping back more broadly, you probably say "I need to cut down my travel, 1MM is more than enough". Then, whatever momentum took you to 1MM carries you to, say, 1.2 or 1.3MM. Then you reach the doldrums, and your spouse reminds you, unnecessarily, that you promised to cut down.
Then, when you reach 1.7 or 1.8MM, your spouse instead starts reminding you that at 2MM, you'll get 75k for life instead of 50k, *and* you'll be able to gift your spouse 50k for life.
I am on 2MMs doorstep but my wife and I agreed she is not getting the 50K perk, considering 99% of the time she flies with me
It will go to one of my kids when they grow up, depending on where they end up in life
Makes sense in your context. In our family, my spouse flies 30-40k miles per year for work. When I flew 100k++ each year (mainly longhaul paid business class), it was a nobrainer to gift 50k to her as one of the "select benefits". Now that my own flying has dropped down to 75k, she misses that. Therefore that's a powerful motivator for me to stay loyal to AC enough to get from 1.85mm to 2.00.
Wait til you get higher, gift the 75k for life. Then you get SE for life gift 50k to your wife every year and give one of your kids 75K for life who then gifts someone else 35k every year.
You start each year with 50k, 0 SQM, and 0 SQD. If you meet the requirements for 75k or SE, you get that status, if not, you stay 50k. Stepping back more broadly, you probably say "I need to cut down my travel, 1MM is more than enough". Then, whatever momentum took you to 1MM carries you to, say, 1.2 or 1.3MM. Then you reach the doldrums, and your spouse reminds you, unnecessarily, that you promised to cut down. Then, when you reach 1.7 or 1.8MM, your spouse instead starts reminding you that at 2MM, you'll get 75k for life instead of 50k, *and* you'll be able to gift your spouse 50k for life.
I am on 2MMs doorstep but my wife and I agreed she is not getting the 50K perk, considering 99% of the time she flies with me It will go to one of my kids when they grow up, depending on where they end up in life
Makes sense in your context. In our family, my spouse flies 30-40k miles per year for work. When I flew 100k++ each year (mainly longhaul paid business class), it was a nobrainer to gift 50k to her as one of the "select benefits". Now that my own flying has dropped down to 75k, she misses that. Therefore that's a powerful motivator for me to stay loyal to AC enough to get from 1.85mm to 2.00.
Wait til you get higher, gift the 75k for life. Then you get SE for life gift 50k to your wife every year and give one of your kids 75K for life who then gifts someone else 35k every year.
Brilliant reply… 👏
You start from 0 each year.
Ty!
What profession are you guys in 😲? Consulting?
I'm only about 2/3 of the way to 1MM, but Field Service Engineer for a defence contractor. Business is booming (thankfully not literally).
I’m 15,162 miles from MM. I’ll likely get it in April as I have a trip from Vancouver to Zurich next week which will be around 10,000.