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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 6:06 am
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Originally Posted by uanj
...To me the biggest difference is at the end of the year. I try to make sure I maximize my upgrade certificates by hit thresholds that end in 25, 50, 75 and 00. No sense falling short of an additional two GPUs and two RPUs by ending at 248,789 as an example. The system posts so slowly, especially at that time of the year, I can start to get a bit worried.
Speed is also important to someone crossing a threshold with another flight soon afterwards, for example Gold to Platinum moving you from BG2 to BG 1, or other benefits like SDC's/free award redeposit, *A lounges (Silver to Gold), etc.
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