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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 2:55 am
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Excuse me. I meant SkymilesInsider - getting my Insiders confused.

Originally Posted by atldlff
The point I have made in many replies is that you CAN NOT start 2010 as a DM - FULL STOP.
Originally Posted by SkyMilesInsider
Those who earn at least 125,000 MQMs in 2009 will be recognized as Diamonds as soon as the program begins in spring 2010.
But it's totally clear, right?

Read this:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...l#post12147371

And this:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/north...l#post12243118

Which say DMs are DMs at the start of the program (program year or DM program? And if it's DM program, why use the word program when 'program year' is so common except to cause confusion?), and the second one says DMs get two choices, not three.


While I appreciate your attempts to explain what you think the answer is, what you think the answer is is only the most generous interpretation of the not-clear message they are giving.


It would be trivially easy for them to say one of the following:

"Those who fly 125k in 2009 will receive one Plat and two Diamond Choice Benefits"

or

"Those who fly 125k in 2009 will receive two Diamond Chioce Benefits"

But that would be clear communication from the same people who have a 3x promo and credit one half of their company a 2x promo and credit the other half a 2.33x promo. So forgive me if I'm a bit dubious as to whether the most obvious answer will turn out to be the actual one when history is that the answer that is best for DL is the actual one.


While they are at it, it would also be nice if they said "You can pick the same benefit twice" or "you can't pick the same benefit twice".

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