Originally Posted by
matrixwalker2012
Yup, I will probably only hit PLT next year with pretty much all my qualifying activity in Jan-Feb 2019, and then likely a long hibernation until mid-2020 when I may pick up some trips again. So, virtually after Feb 2020, I'd be at 0 rolling EQDs.
Yeah, that scenario and lifetime Platinums/Golds who haven’t flown paid tickets in the last year would also have zero EQDs. I’d think zero is the most likely tie value in the EQD category. And since even Golds do
sometimes get upgraded, the fare class category probably does occasionally come into play when getting to the bottom of the Platinum part of the upgrade list.
Certainly seems plausible enough that it makes sense for AA to list a tiebreaker after EQDs. But not probable enough at all to justify a statement that premium economy trumps economy in the SWU upgrade order, especially for a customer who has non-zero last-12 months EQDs, the motivation for this digression.