If I recall correctly, for 2017 E35 could get up to 6 MLL passes, which was described by AC as compensation to offset the new rule excluding E35s from bringing in family members. Now the maximum is 2. Looks like part of a significant move to reduce numbers in the lounge. Since I expect to drift down to E35 this year, I am a bit annoyed. I expect higher status elites might welcome this change.
Now that eups are increasingly paired with co-pays, I can see AC being more generous with them. I will repeat my complaint that R-games plus auction plus LMUs make eups very difficult to value for anyone who does not buy a latitude fare well in advance of a flight.