<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Empress:
Actually AC's published rule is that you don't get your status until March the following year. So it's a "unpublished" benefit that they are granting those who qualify early their status.</font>
Understood -- and I'm suggesting it is in AC's interests to make it a published rule.
Besides for us FTers there is no such thing as an unpublished rule since as soon as we figure out what the rule is we publish it on FT!