Originally Posted by Nick92

I noticed



Nah, I'm too busy to engage petty stuff. I initially didn't even care but since all new applicants get World Elite, I decided I do.



Yeah, it's a really bad way to handle it. As someone posted on the travel site, why is this distinction between existing and new? It would be different if new applicants were only approved for World and also had to earn World Elite via an upgrade. However since everyone either gets approved for World Elite or declined, there's no justification to require existing accounts to earn something that's handed out to new accounts. And the community manager hasn't addressed anything other than repeating the process that some accounts are getting upgraded and more may get upgraded with planned campaigns in 2014. And then she's busy answering questions no one has asked, meanwhile ignores questions being asked by everyone.