Major US Airlines are all targeting Southwest elites with extremely generous “twist-the-knife while they’re dying” style status matches, and that means you’ve got a unique opportunity for manufacturing a ton of airline status with a single swing. Let’s start with earning A-List Preferred using a Chase Southwest credit card:
- $5,000 spent = 1,500 tier points
- 35,000 tier points = A-List
- 70,000 tier points = A-List Preferred
In post-mathematics words, $230,000 in real or manufactured spend takes you from zero to A-List Preferred, or if you’re an underachiever $115,000 spend takes you from zero to A-List. Now, once you’ve got that status, combine with:
- Delta’s limited-time match to Platinum (or Gold for A-List), which gives SkyTeam Elite+
- United’s match to Gold (or Silver for A-List), which gives Star Alliance Gold
- AA’s limited-time match to Platinum Pro (or Platinum for A-List), which gives oneworld Emerald
- Alaska’s match to MVP Gold (or MVP for A-List), which gives oneworld Sapphire
So, for $230,000 in manufactured spend you can hold status with all of the top five US airlines and also status in every major airline alliance in the world, MEAB style.
Happy hunting!
Next time: taking it to the next level.