There has been a significant amount of discussion in recent days (and weeks) about threshold bonuses, mostly centered on the issue of those who crossed a particular threshold in December and were awaiting certificates as reward.

For the first time in my 7 years as Elite, I obtained status this year on segments rather than miles. My 50 segments landed me under 35,000 miles.

I am forced to wonder if there are (and if not, I wonder why not) threshold bonuses for segments? I'm guessing at this point I won't be receiving any additional paper certs from December, despite the fact that I reached "Elite" around December 10.

Does anybody have experience with primarily segment-based frequent flying, and with whether AC/AE give credence to segments for thresholds?