Lifetime status is a tier granted permanently once a cumulative lifetime total is reached, without needing to requalify each year.
Lifetime status is a tier granted permanently once a cumulative lifetime total is reached, without needing to requalify each year.
Also called: Lifetime elite.
How it works#
The thresholds are set in flights or nights that take decades to accumulate. What is permanent is the tier, not its contents: programmes can cut the benefits attached to lifetime status at any time, and repeatedly have. Anyone planning travel around it is working towards a promise whose value the issuer alone defines.
Not to be confused with#
Lifetime status is not the same as a guaranteed set of benefits: membership of the tier is guaranteed, what it delivers in future is not.
In German#
The German term is Lebenslanger Status. German version of this term
Related terms#
- Elite status: Elite status is a tier in a loyalty programme that grants extra benefits for a limited period once a qualification threshold has been met.
- Elite qualification: Elite qualification is the proof that enough flights, qualifying miles or spending have accumulated within a defined period to reach a status tier.
- Hotel elite status: Hotel elite status is a tier in a hotel programme that holds out benefits such as room upgrades, breakfast or late checkout.
Articles that use this term#
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