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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 12:13 am
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Originally Posted by fastair
Only for those making 1K on EQS. I didn't see the 2P or 1P ratio being unfair. Why should 1K have a different EQS/EQM ratio than everyone else? Perhaps the whole ratio is flawed from beginning to end, but to have a single outlier put in line with all of the other plateau requirements doesn't seem unfair, but rather by definition, it is now fair, when previous, it wasn't. Anomalies to a standard system are where inequities lie. Inequities are unfair, while equal treatment seems to be fair.

Remember Helen Slater in "The Legend of Billie Jean"? Perhaps this could be the new rallying cry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClVGVsXyY-c
Are you an EQM or EQS qualifier? If the latter and you still maintain that the higher EQS requirement is "fair" then your capacity for "accommodation" is truly commendable. I have traveled all year and have reached just 47.5 EQS (but over 110K EQM). I cannot imagine doing the equivalent of 25 EQS more (58K more EQM at my rate) to just reach a status that another member in the same program does not have to do anything extra for... (that is the very definition of "unfairness", ain't it?).

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