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Old Nov 11, 2017, 10:13 pm
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SeattleDavid
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Gatwick, UK
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Originally Posted by enviroian
I'm sitting in 15F on 2335 waiting to de-ice. I was 7 out of 40 on the upgrade list with a YTD EQD spend at $20K. I didn't realize how low that must be until I saw that I'm 7th. This EQD ranking for upgrades must be reaking havoc for lower spend EXP's let alone plat plus, platinums and golds. The EQD ranking priority has pretty much rendered all those 500 miler certs useless.
The EQD ranking doesn't really affect Plat Pro, Plats or Golds as it doesn't change the number of EXPs in front of them.

And your being 7th doesn't mean everyone in front of you had higher EQDs as they could have been using a higher status instrument (SWU for example).
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