How do I Get All My Elite Statuses in A "Short" Period of Time?
Introduction Recently I have been asked by a lot my colleagues and friends about how can I have so many elite statuses as well as points in all different hotel, airline and credit card programs. In this blog, I will be covering the major steps to score all those statuses and evaluate is it really worth it or not (from my own perspective). My Statuses Overview Below are the major statuses I have ever owned as of 3/18/17: My first flight status earned is with United because I flew back and forth between China and US a lot and United had some very convenient routes between EWR and PVG. Back then there was no direct flight between BOS to any major city in China so I scored my united Gold status in one year by simply flight ~4 round trips to China (Good old days when the elite qualifying miles are actually earned by miles you fly not the price you pay). My first hotel status came a little bit later when I did my internship as a consultant in Tampa in 2014. It was the Pr...