1.6 million BIS¹ miles & you still need to stay on your game if you want any chance at a gratis upgrade.

There are usually two flights a day SEA🛫AMS on #Delta, & fewer people layover there than SLC, which also has 2 flights a day. So I favor SEA when I'm on West coast USA headed to Europe…
But, due to logistics, I'm traveling on a *SATURDAY*. SEA only has on AMS flight on weekends.

I'm 2 of 0 — I surely won't be assimilated up front, as 2 of 0 isn't a valid Borg designation.

@bkuhn
I'm not that frequent a flyer, but frequent enough that I managed to get on the lowest loyalty rung with a single airline, barely.

Unfortunately that airline is Emirates, which was a good choice in South Africa until the recent exploits of the trumpet.

Considering focusing on Star alliance now, but not sure if my three SA<->Europe flights a year will be sufficient to get similar status...