Originally Posted by
ExtraSlow
you spend the $15,000 on the credit card, on anything, and they credit you as if you spent $500 on flights. So to go from teal to silver, you need to spend $3000, so if you spend $45,000 in that calendar year, you get halfway to your "qualifying spend" to get to the next tier. halfway is the max, you still have to spend minimum $1500 on real flights to get that status.
If you were really super close to the next teir in normal flight spending, then this could be meaningful. No downside, since you aren't giving anything up, and you still earn the normal WJD rewards on top. Just for me, it doesn't look compelling enough to transfer the majority of purchased from my triangle card.