Originally Posted by raehl311

Says who? You keep saying all this, but you've got no information from a reliable source that says it's anything other than your personal guess.



*IF* you assume that SkyMilesInsider is using a definition of spring that is based on the time between the sun being at equinox and solstice. It could very well be that SkyMilesInsider means spring as in "when it's getting warmer". Most people consider June 21st to be well into summer, which for most people (in the US anyway) is about Memorial Day to Labor Day. And I think DL would have a pretty hard time if DM benefits didn't roll out until after Memorial Day and they attempted to argue that it was still spring.

Hell, even a gopher has a say on when spring is +/- 6 weeks.



I agree that DL is unwilling to predict the precise date of availability for some benefits. But I also strongly suspect that if there is any way DL can not give a 3rd set of Choice Benefits to DMs, they will find a way to do so.



That's not a fact, that's a GUESS.



With all due respect, you're guessing. You've decided what you want to think, and you're interpreting everything in the light that leads to the conclusion you've already made.




That would be one acceptable answer.


Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't just say "One PM benefit when you make PM. One more choice when you make DM. Two DM choices when you start the program year at DM."

That would thus make an INCENTIVE to start the program year at DM instead of a DISincentive.


OR, DL could have made DM 100k, but only provided one DM benefit with a 'bonus' benefit at 125k. Upgrade queue would probably work out better (esp. if 125k was given even higher priority), but think of all the award change fees DL would lose out on! (Solve the rollover MQM problem though.)

But DL's FF program folks don't seem to do a good job of thinking through all the behavior consequences of their program choices.