Originally Posted by
ocdb8r
It's LESS than a year for SURE as Diamond will not even be introduced until sometime in the "Spring." Lets assume they introduce it March 1 (at the earliest). That means at most you get 10 months of Diamond if you wait. Like GUWonder said, many will fly enough to hit it at some point during the year, even further reducing the time.
Accounts which are credited with 125k MQMs (or more) in 2009 will have Diamond status from around the spring of 2010 until and including at least February 28, 2011.
For those accounts credited with 125k MQMs (or more) during any range of time within the 2010 calendar year, they will have Diamond status for more than a year -- those accounts will be Diamond until at least the end of February 29, 2012. [So stopping at c. 120k MQMs in 2009 and then crediting 80k MQMs in the first quarter of 2010 will provide Diamond status until at least the end of February 29, 2012 -- that's more than a year.]