Originally Posted by
golfingboy
The current system is "14-months" with the status being good until the end of Feb?
If so, then in a way this only hurts those who will not achieve status, nor the same level, for the following year. But, at the same time it will help those who qualified with less competition for upgrade space during the month of Feb...
If I understand this correctly, it is probably a little advantageous for CO to do this since they will be helping those who actually earned the status a bit.
Pretty much. This is not an issue whatsoever if you requalify, and it only hit is by a month if you don't.
Historically, the Feb. 28 of next year rules came into play when it would take weeks to credit items (some partners took a month or more). Now that most crediting is within a few days, and mileage not posting is even less common (watch me have one now that I said this!), the month is more than adequate to make up for not being able to post everything in time.
Besides, in the grand scheme of things, we have bigger fish to fry than worrying about a month of status for someone who fails to requalify.