So What should happen to a customer who has earned DM status every year since its inception, and who was a PM for a decade before that, and now has millions of SkyMiles stored. He chooses to pay with miles, keeps earning MQMs but not MQDs. He spends 6 figures on Amex cards but falls short of a quarter million dollars. IMO, WPM tickets should count towards Meds as would a Delta cash voucher count.