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2023 Elite Status Updates Last updated 1/2/2022

Here is a summary of what we know about earning 2023 elite status (based on 2022 activity) on some major US airlines. This page will be updated as new information becomes available.

Alaska Airlines (AS)

Alaska is the last major airline to continue to base elite status solely on miles or segments flown rather than dollars spent. Here are the requirements for each status level:

MVP - 20,000 miles or 30 segments
MVP Gold - 40,000 miles or 60 segments
MVP Gold 75K - 75,000 miles or 90 segments
MVP Gold 100K - 100,000 miles or 140 segments

Note that there are also minimum segment requirements on Alaska Airlines itself (rather than partner airlines).

American Airlines (AA)

AA announced a major change in the way elite status will be earned starting March 1, 2022. Instead of earning status based on miles flown and dollars spent, status will now be earned based on Loyalty Points. In essence, AA is no longer discriminating between miles earned in the air and miles earned on the ground. These new Loyalty Points can be earned by flying on AA or its partners, spending money on AA-branded credit cards or earning miles with selected other partners. Here is how many Loyalty Points are needed for each status level:

Gold - 30,000 Loyalty Points
Platinum - 75,000 Loyalty Points
Platinum Pro - 125,000 Loyalty Points
Executive Platinum - 200,000 Loyalty Points

Note that when flying on AA, miles are earned based on the ticket price, with all members earning at least 5 miles per USD, and elite members earning bonuses on top of that baseline.

Delta Airlines (DL)

The Medallion status qualification levels are listed below, but there are several changes that will make qualification for 2023 status easier. First, here are the qualification requirements:

Silver - (25,000 MQMs or 30 MQSs) AND ($3,000 MQDs or MQD Waiver)
Gold - (50,000 MQMs or 60 MQSs) AND ($6,000 MQDs or MQD Waiver)
Platinum - (75,000 MQMs or 100 MQSs) AND ($9,000 MQDs or MQD Waiver)
Diamond - (125,000 MQMs or 140 MQSs) AND ($15,000 MQDs or MQD Waiver)

The MQD Waiver for Silver, Gold or Platinum status can be earned by spending $25,000 on the Delta SkyMiles American Express card. The MQD Waiver for Diamond status requires spending $250,000 on the Delta SkyMiles American Express card.

Recently Delta announced that MQMs earned in 2021 will rollover into 2022. If you've flown DL in 2021, you will therefore have a significant head start towards earning status for 2023. In addition, DL has announced that award tickets will earn MQMs, MQSs and MQDs through December 31, 2022.

United Airlines (UA)

For earning 2023 status, UA will continue with the reduced requirements that were in effect for earning 2022 status:

Premier Silver - 3,500 PQP or (3,000 PQP and 8 PQF)
Premier Gold - 7,000 PQP or (6,000 PQP and 16 PQF)
Premier Platinum - 10,000 PQP or (9,000 PQP and 24 PQF)
Premier 1K® - 15,000 PQP or (13,500 PQP and 36 PQF)

PQP refers to Premier qualifying points and basically amounts to dollars spent on tickets.
PQF refers to Premier qualifying flights and refers to the number of segments flown.
See here for details.