At first, sounds good. But wait.....
This new rule will probably thin the herds a bit. And since it does not apply to keeping my Gold status as 1MM, maybe 1MM will be worth marginally more?? And with my hitting 2MM within the next year or so, I am hoping PP will also be worth a bit more with fewer people.
Now for a prediction: I bet the idea of thinned herds will be short lived. I predict that UA will start to offer ways for people to spend their way into PQDs. Like give UA $1000 cash and they will give you $10,000 PQD. Or something like that.
Smisek is nothing if not a capitalist. He will find ways to make money on this.