Originally Posted by
serfty
The change to loyalty bonus is overall a degradation.
It is based on a membership year's earn. i.e. Earn 490 SC's in you year and you get nothing. You "loyalty" count is reset to zero just like your 'status' SC counts expire and you'll need to earn another 500 SC's to get the 8K bonus the next year.
I think the idea behind it is that you get 4 lots of 8000 points each up to 2000 SCs and once you reach the next 500 SCs you have crossed the 2400 SC threshold which makes you eligible for another 50,000 points (or other benefits).