Originally Posted by
GUWonder
The smaller Diamond cohort in the main may think it is winning a little to a lot with these changes, but the other elites aren't going to be gaining much of anything given the customer-unfriendly shenanigans will continue. Shortening the elite status membership year by nearly 7.5% is also designed to cost DL customers more and gain less from elite status in the main.
Shortening the membership year (and your calculation of 'nearly' 7.5% is a pretty specious way of viewing it in my opinion since it assumes a single year of qualification in the first week of the qualification year) benefits Medallions who maintain status year after year since to them it makes no difference when it expires, eliminating those who haven't qualified for Medallion (or qualified for a lower level) a month sooner is a positive change in my opinion.