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500-miler	Upgrades 500 miles of a segment. You must have enough to cover the entire segment. You get 50 miles of leeway.
55k+	bmi -Once a BD*G has achieved 55,000 status miles additional miles are converted to destination miles to maximum of 250,000 miles.