So far in our Elite Status Series, weâve covered American, Delta and Southwest. Today, TPG contributor Jason Steele takes us through the basics of United Premier Silver status â how you can qualify for it and maximize the benefits once you earn it. Unless you have a last-minute mileage run planned, itâs probably too late to worry about achieving status during the 2013 calendar year.
backfire - a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path fire - the event of something burning (often destructive); they lost everything in the fire
A controlled or prescribed burn, also known as hazard reduction burning, backfire, swailing, or a burn-off, is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters.