Originally Posted by
naumank
They should go with the less strict rule. When United merged with Continental, they adjusted upwards everybody’s LT miles on the United side. This is common sense and a good will to customers. Apparently Sorenson doesn’t see it that way.
I agree that would have been the better way to go, but am just saying the way they went wasn't out of the blue. Similarly, the excuse for not counting SPG points for LT status has always seemed unnecessarily punitive. Just because all the points cannot be retrieved - and my understanding is those are over fifteen years old - it never made sense they would not count those points which could be retrieved. To tell someone who could show let's say 1m MR points and 1.5m converted SPG points he does not qualify because there may be additional uncounted points seems the better approach.