6 Continents, 2 Million Miles: Here's Our Plan to Complete the Turkish Airlines Million Mile Challenge 6 Continents, 2 Million Miles: Here's Our Plan to Complete the Turkish Airlines Million Mile Challenge

6 Continents, 2 Million Miles: Here's Our Plan to Complete the Turkish Airlines Million Mile Challenge

In late June, Turkish Airlines hopped on the million-mile-bonus bandwagon by announcing a million-mile bonus for travelers who fly Turkish Airlines to six continents. My wife and I are taking them up on the challenge. Here's our plan for unlocking one million bonus miles, plus elite status for two years, for just $3,100 each.

10x Increase to Delta Diamond MQD Waiver Spending Requirement ($250k Instead of $25k)

Delta has just sent out an email to SkyMiles co-branded credit card holders and has utterly eviscerated the value of the Medallion Qualification Dollar waiver to achieve Diamond Medallion Status. Effective January 1, 2018, the spending requirement will increase tenfold from $25,000 per year to an utterly enormous $250,000 per year to earn the MQD waiver for Diamond Medallion Status.