And I grew tired of not being able to redeem upgrades for family to Japan - been trying for a year - and booked revenue J tickets on QR. Better service, less money.

But seriously, it could also be that they targeted flyers early in their qualifcation year. FinOWE is early in the year and all those who didn't get it is close to their year ending. My year ends in a month.

And for location - for these things FIN based may be an advantage. Because they will physical be shipping stuff, and they will save money keeping it domestic.