New to a career with significant air travel; hearing a lot about PQDs, PQMs, how do they all work? If distance SFO-LAX is 500 miles, don't you just get 500 points?? Educate me pls!

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Wanting to gain knowledge is great! Not googling anything before asking questions is not. Pick an airline you fly, read their website and their opinions on TPG. You'll be fine

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Start here: Onemileatatime.com, viewfromthewing.com, thepointsguy.com

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Seriously? Go read. There's so much out there on the basics of points/status

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Give the guy a break guys, it's not like we're in a profession that requires we learn a lot about things or be able to figure things out. Oh wait....

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Yeah not sure I like the "go Google it" answer. It's great for providing direction there's a reason ppl want to talk to actual humans.

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On airline loyalty in general pls!

I think we're all happy to help, just do a by if due diligence on your own first

Consultants talk about airlines/hotels like normal people talk about weather/sports...ask people on your team

*but there's a reason

Lol talk to humans as in...spoon fed?

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