I agreed with what you said except the part that does not appear to jibe with the new rule: "1Ks based on travel in 2011 are guaranteed no CR1s until they fly a FURTHER 100k miles in 2012. " This is not correct: No one has any CR1s until they travel 75K EQM in 2012, even 1Ks based on 2011 travel. The minimum requirement for ALL is 75K EQM and not 100K EQM. At 100K EQM one has already qualified for 4 CR1s under the new rule, which means that if you have 4 CR1s in 2012 you must be 1K.