Originally Posted by
LegalTender
Pretty clear saneman understands that. Elite renewal date is only days shy of the Nov status bump window and AirTran stopped serving his usual destinations.
Wasn't clear to me he understood how it worked from the comment I quoted since he appeared to think there should be some kind of carry forward for any trips after qualifying. But a little redundancy never hurts and the explanation may help someone else.
I have to say that the way Southwest is handling the termination of the A+ Rewards program is generally better than I expected. It is inevitable that some people fall between the cracks, unfortunately saneman appears to be one.