Originally Posted by
j2simpso
Aegean is of course another possibility particularly with their lower requalification requirement. My only concern there is the requirement that you have to fly so many Aegean segments to re-qualify, which may or may not work out for you. In addition, they've been forced to make many adjustments to their program over the past couple of years, most notably because they were too generous in the past with their program (IIRC they once were handing out lifetime *Gold like candy).
You don't have to fly 4 segments on A3 to requalify - you just need 24K instead of 12K.
Also, there haven't been that many changes since the toughening of *G qualification criteria (back in 2015?). The only significant change in the last 3 years has been charging *G for sitting upfront (they get a 50% discount). Obviously this has gone down like a lead balloon but I can't think of anything else that's similar. They haven't yet taken away +1PC for *G HBO bookings, as LH and SK have done. And there haven't been any sudden massive devaluations in the award chart (c.f. QR). The biggest problem has come from the partner side - like LH effectively giving zero on the most common Eco fares, and even for business thanks to the dreaded P fare.