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j_crazy

7 gram rocks. how i roll.

8,372 posts
Jan 25, 2011 9:23 PM
Anyone have memberships to these?

I'm platinum elite ambassador level at intercontinental hotels.

Also I have 50,000 continental miles.

What say you?
Jan 25, 2011 9:23pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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7,566 posts
Jan 25, 2011 9:29 PM
Continental/American members - have more miles than we could ever use, too difficult to redeem them with blackout policies. Does help getting upgraded to business class and use of the executive lounge.

Starwood members as well - much better as far as being able to redeem points.
Jan 25, 2011 9:29pm
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cbus4life

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2,849 posts
Jan 26, 2011 3:31 AM
Star Alliance, or whatever it is called. Been accumulating a ton of miles flying Air New Zealand all over the place.
Jan 26, 2011 3:31am
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jmog

Senior Member

6,567 posts
Jan 26, 2011 8:53 AM
I have miles between both Continental and Delta. Probably a total of 80k saved up between the two.

I also am a member of both Holiday Inns and Marriotts.

Over the last 6 years I have "elite" of some sort in Continental, Holiday Inn, and Marriotts at one point or another. The free upgrades to business class are nice when you are elite and there is a business class/1st class seat available.
Jan 26, 2011 8:53am
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enigmaax

Senior Member

4,511 posts
Jan 26, 2011 10:25 AM
Platinum with Marriott and have 400K+ points. Gold with Hilton, but only have enough points for about two free nights.

Last year I went to a different place just about every week and had to split my itineraries between DL and US/UA depending on the destination. It sucked because when I cancelled my last flight of the year on DL, it left me 130 miles/2 segments short of even Medallion status. So now I'm flying them every week starting from scratch.

UA would override my US number when I checked in and I didn't realize it until several weeks later. That delayed Silver status for me on US and eventually prevented me from hitting Gold. There is a process to switch those miles/segments over, but apparently they are in no hurry to do so.

I did do a hotel promotion through Marriott, however that got me 60K miles on DL, so I have enough points for about 3 roundtrip tickets at the moment.
Jan 26, 2011 10:25am
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buck

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140 posts
Jan 26, 2011 10:32 AM
i have delta, continental, and jetblue. i have a continental credit card and debt card which earn earn miles for every dollar spent, and i have been a Hilton silver member for sometime.
Jan 26, 2011 10:32am