Template: Status qualifying miles

American Airlines Executive Card Guide	American Airlines Executive. 10,000 QMs (in 2021) or 10,000 Loyalty Points (in 2022) with $40,000 spend. $450 annual fee, includes Admiral Club Access.
Aviator Card Guide	American Airlines Aviator Business. No qualifying miles, but $3,000 elite qualifying dollars in 2021 with $25,000 of spend in a calendar year. With the change to AA Loyalty Points at the end of this year, elite qualifying dollars is going away.
Aviator Card Guide	American Airlines Aviator Silver. Earns 5,000 QMs (in 2021) or 5,000 Loyalty Points (in 2022) with each $20,000 of credit card spending, up to a maximum of 10,000 ($40,000 of spend). $50,000 of spending also earns $3,000 “qualifying dollars”, which won't be relevant after 2021. $195 annual fee. You can't apply for the card directly; you need to start with the Aviator Red and upgrade.
Delta Credit Card Guide	Delta Platinum. Earns 10,000 QMs with each $25,000 of credit card spend, up to a maximum of 20,000 miles ($50,000 of spend). For 2021, you'll receive a Covid-related 25% bonus—each boost is 12,500 QMs rather than 10,000. You might get additional QMs as part of the signup bonus. $25,000 of spending waives normal “qualifying dollar” requirements, for all but the highest level of status. If you get both the business and the personal versions, you can earn a total of 40,000 qualifying miles each year, and you can also earn additional QMs from the Delta Reserve cards. But you can't earn QMs from multiple versions of the exact same card. Unlike the Reserve version, your bonus qualifying miles can NOT be transferred to another account. $250 annual fee, includes companion certificate.
Delta Credit Card Guide	Delta Reserve. Earns 15,000 QMs with each $30,000 of credit card spend, up to a maximum of 60,000 QMs ($120,000 of spend). For 2021, you'll receive a Covid-related 25% bonus—each boost is 18,750 QMs rather than 15,000. You might get additional QMs as part of the signup bonus. $25,000 of spending waives the normal “qualifying dollar” requirements, for all but the highest level of status. You can earn additional QMs from both the personal and the business versions of the Delta Platinum cards and the Delta Reserve cards. But you can't earn QMs from multiple versions of the exact same card. You can also transfer the bonus qualifying miles to another user's account, allowing a couple to build up large amounts of qualifying miles in a single member's account. $550 annual fee, includes SkyClub access and a companion certificate.
Southwest Credit Card Guide	All Southwest Cards except the Plus version. Earns 1,500 QMs with each $10,000 in spending, with no maximum.
United Credit Card Guide	United Cards. United status is primarily "spending" based, with a small reduction in required spending for people who take a large number of flights. For example, it normally takes spending $10,000 to earn 10,000 Premier Qualifying Points to qualify for Gold status. United cardholders can earn 500 PQPs for every $12,000 they spend. This is normally capped at 1,000 PQPs per year, but United Quest cardholders can earn up to 3,000 PQPs this way (with $72,000 of spend) and United Club cardholders can earn up to 4,000 PQPs (with $96,000 of spend).
JetBlue Credit Card Guide	JetBlue. Earns Mosaic status with $50,000 of credit card spending (but you won’t get the normal 15,000-point bonus that you earn when you qualify the normal way). $99 annual fee.
Air France KLM Card Webpage	Air France KLM. 60 XP (Experience Points) upon approval, plus 20 XP each anniversary year that you spend at least $15,000.
Frontier Credit Card Guide	Frontier. Every dollar you spend on the credit card counts for one status qualifying mile. You can spend your way to whatever status level you want. The card is a great way for semi-frequent Frontier flyers to make sure they get to the next status level.
Virgin Atlantic Credit Card Guide	Virgin Atlantic / Delta. You'll receive 25 tier points for every $2,500 you spend in a month, with a maximum of 50 points for $5,000 in spending. Over the course of the year, you could earn up to 600 tier points. Qualifying for Virgin Atlantic status gets you some benefits on Delta (and a few other airlines). Most notably, Virgin Atlantic Gold members receive receive bags and complimentary Comfort+ upgrades (at check-i) when flying Delta, and SkyClub access on trips that include a flight to or from the U.K.
Spirit Airlines Credit Card Guide	Spirit. You'll receive 1 status qualifying point for every $10 you spend on the card. It takes 2,000 points to qualify for Silver status and 5,000 points to qualify for Gold status. For very frequent Spirit flyers, Gold status will save a lot of money through free seat selection (including exit row seats at booking), free bags, and a free drink and snack on every flight. Without any flight activity, it would require $50,000 of spending, but this status is primarily worthwhile for people who are flying frequently enough that they are likely to be already earning a lot of status qualifying points from their flying.
Emirates Credit Card Webpage	Emirates. You'll get automatic Emirates Silver status when you get the Emirates credit card, and will re-earn your status any cardholder year where you spend Spending $20,000 with the card. The $499 per year Emirates Premium Card comes with Gold status for your first year and allows you to re-earn status with $40,000 of spend. Unfortunately, since Emirates doesn't belong to one of the big three alliances, your status won't entitle you to extra benefits on other airlines.