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Old Feb 18, 2014 | 6:54 am
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stils
 
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Originally Posted by fliesdelta
I was told the exact opposite last night when I called about upgrading Platinum to Reserve: the spend tracking for MQMs resets to zero with the upgrade. This matches what another poster said yesterday.

So back to my example: if I spend $23K year-to-date on the Platinum, then upgrade to Reserve, I'd have to spend an additional $30K to reach the first Reserve MQM boost threshold. In other words, $53K spend.
That is the opposite of my experience but I upgraded from plat to reserve like 2 years ago. My spending carried over and only had to spend an additional 7k to get to the 30k
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