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Oct 6, 2018, 10:44 am

#364

DaveInLA

Join Date: Sep 2012

Posts: 4,431

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdsearch

I would say the downgrade, if available to you and has a similar bonus, is by far the safest, and applying before closing is the second safest, because of this:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ne-2018-a.html

I imagine it's very rare to get a substantial bonus for a downgrade. The whole point of retention bonuses is to keep you as a customer. If you're just downgrading, you're not going anywhere.