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Jul 31, 2009 | 10:14 am

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Originally Posted by LegalTender

PM upgrade percentages fall as a new tier is prioritized, right?

I enjoy ~70% upgrade success.

Would banking MQMs be worth falling to, say, 50%?

Guess it all depends on your home airport.

I'm non hub, and my u/g success this year is at 96%. If I dropped to 85 or 90%, I could easily live with that.

The system clearly needs tweaking, and the FT Focus Group is identifying clear flaws in the design, including stopping short of a tier, no rollover segments, and inadequate SWU usability. As we've said, they could have had a home run (at least an infield home run), but they only hit a double. Doubles are nice, but they won't beat a strong team from Chicago, Dallas or Houston.

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