Originally Posted by
hhoope01
I was thinking the same thing. I would say getting everything you received without getting the 40K deposited into your account would have made you "whole" so to speak. The 40K to spend was quite a bit above and beyond and very nice of them to do that.
He "lost" 80K lifetime. He got back 40K lifetime, plus 40K redeemable, plus a year of Platinum (if he gets to within 40K of lifetime without being Platinum already, otherwise there's no upgrade involved).
Apparently, the two years of Platinum that he bought earned him an extra 40K points; however, the comparison is between what should have happened (bought Platinum without lifetime reduction) and what did (bought Platinum, had lifetime reduction) so those don't count. In a comparison with not buying Platinum they would.