Originally Posted by
jsmith50
I hit 1MM 2 years ago and since have not dropped below DM status with DL so not entirely sure, but I have been told by DL and by at least one MM that no longer flies enough to have regular status that the "annual silver medallion status" is for life, not for the current awards cycle year.
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If you qualified before the policy was changed (sometime in the mid-1990's), you are grandfathered into the lifetime category... until you qualify for the next higher tier.
So, you could have been told a correct statement... correct as it applies to a limited number of people.
Of course, DL management have proven before their ability, and willingness, to end a previous "lifetime" program.