Originally Posted by ftweb

But valuing elites more could be coupled with a plan to move to PQD being the main hurdle to status. I doubt that, from a PR point of view, eliminating PQMs is feasible. However, already the new 200-300% premium cabin bonus is making it significantly easier to achieve PQMs. In fact, at this point /UPDI fares are generally cheaper than premier accelerator, particularly since premier accelerator requires buying award accelerator, too. So I wouldn't be that shocked to see slight increases in PQD requirements coupled with ways to make it marginally easier to earn PQMs.