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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
All very good news. However I'm not doing the happy happy dance until the new rewards costs/confirmation the costs don't change appears. EDIT. Nicci ha confirmed there are no other changes in the Silver thread. This is good news.

Quite a realignment of EC...from scheme that gave no status bonus, miles or TP's at all less than 10 years ago.
Indeed good news.

However does this now mean that earning rates (i.e. inclusive of all bonuses) are exactly the same for Gold and Silver?

The benefits differential between Gold and Silver, which some already had argued as being rather minor, seems to been have reduced even more.
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