I actually think MP should let you nominate at the beginning of each calendar year whether or not you want to base qualification for your coming year on segments or miles and tailor benefits and qualification around that. Once you choose, decision is final (until next year).

A segment runner who spends 50-weeks a year and spends $20K or so, is worth more to UA than me, who spends maybe $6-8K max and 95% of my time, by butt is in C international or F domestic.

Your rewards are then based on that criteria (ie SWU's for the international folks, CR-1's for the segment runners)

In 14-years of MP membership, I've hardly flown domestically. All my travel is long-haul. I hate to think how many CR-1's and e500's I wasted over the years (ie let expire)

But I've used every SWU given to me.

With the new rules coming in next year, I couldn't care less about CR-1's. But reduce the quantity of SWU's, or put tougher restrictions on them, then I might start waving my arms...