Originally Posted by
martin33
Isn't the 2009 PM "program" the one currently in progress, 3/1/09 (or "grandfathered" qualification week achieved in 2008, if a new PM) to 2/28/10? Its benefits are 6 PMU for PM's plus the other PM benefits.
The 2010 program starting 3/1/10, is to have its benefits based on the 2009 qualifying period. The old benefit table would be thus be moot, would it not? If you are an "old" PM for the 2009 medallion program year, then requalifying for PM2010 is not a "status change" as put in the Insider's post (#540), so no "immediate promotion" Choice Benefit would apply. Seems you would get only the new PM 2010 benefit, or the new DM 2010 benefits, to enjoy starting 3/1/2010.
If you requalified for PM "early" during 2009, say by June, did they already give you PMU's? That would seem to me the only way to end up with 12 (6 old, 6 new) if you hit 125K during 2009.
For someone starting from below PM in 2010, the described process seems very clear-- PM "status change" benefit on hitting 75K, and two DM "status change" benefits on hitting 125K during 2010. Same for a PM who first hits 125K during 2010; they would have started 3/1/10 with one benefit and then qualify for two "status change" ones.
What happened to someone who started below PM in 2009? If they hit 75K during 2009, do/did they get immmediate promotion to current PM with a grandfathered 2009 allotment of 6 old-style PMU? That would be another way to have 6 old and end up with 6 new if going on to 125K during 2009..
or, is there a further issue I am missing, in that DM will not be ready for prime-time by the time the 2010 year starts on 3/1/10? in that case, a one-time treatment of "PM's moving up to DM" scenario could ensue, resulting in the "10 new" SWU outcome, since every PM having 125K 2009 MQM's would experience a status change sometime after 3/1/10..
It seems to me that those people who qualify for PM in 2009 (for 2010) will get their PM credentials in 2009 and will get those 6 PMUs to use right away and then in 2010 if they have then gone on and qualified for Diamond, will get DM credentials and bennies in Spring 2010. However, us Platinum Medallions who requalify in 2009 will not get anything in 2009 and will have to wait until Spring 2010 to get our reduced Platinum credentials (4 PMUs) or Diamond benefits, if we qualify. In other words,
qualify for PM in 2009 now and get 6 PMUs now,
requalify for PM now and wait until Spring 2010 to get 4 PMUs,
qualify for PM now and DM by the end of 2009 and get 6 PMUs now and then in Spring 2010 get DM bennies too (10 PMUs) for a total of 16 PMUs,
requalify for PM now and DM by the end of 2010 and get DM bennies (10 PMUs) for a total of 10 PMUs.
So, the way I see this existing PMs (PMs who qualified in 2008 for 2009) loose out over new PMs who qualify in early 2009. Doesn't seem like a good way to reward loyal DL customers (existing PMs). I'm somewhat disapoiinted with this and have told DL so. They read my comment, but did not offer what I would consider a resolution.
I guess I shouldn't have done that MR at the end of 2008 to make PM and should have waited until this year year since I requalified for PM in June and am already at 143k MQMs.