I've always been a segment status earner up until this year when I made it because of rollover miles instead. A word to the wise about rollovers, they only roll over miles, not segments. So don't make the same mistake I did last year thinking that:
a) I'm only off by 1 segement and NW always granted it in the past so Delta will too.
b) If Delta doesn't grant next level status I'll at least roll over 29 segments and reach status before the current one expires in Feb.
Let's just say droping from Platnium to Silver was quite a shock. I haven't even re-reached platnium yet, that's not unitl next week.