seems like CX is starting to lower requal criteria given the much lower demand...

my uncle who's been CX Gold for many years (at least the past 5+ consecutive years I think?) - has 3 more months in his current membership year (until end Jul), but he has only ~30k miles / 25 sectors as of now (vs. 60k miles / 40 sectors required).

CX just wrote him and has lowered his requal requirements to 51k miles or 34 sectors, i.e. exactly 15% lower.

sounds like the right thing to do for members who have shown long-term loyalty or have exceeded the threshold by a big margin the past year or two, given the current economic situation.

just hope they won't do it too broadly as I would hate to compete for op-up with lots of "DM-lite"... (as, selfishly, I personally "only" need another 35k miles in the next 10 months to renew my DM)