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Dec 4, 2019 | 4:05 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nk15

Did you guys notice that the silent devaluation came right after the Gold qualification year closed (Nov 23) and right before the Black Friday miles sale of Nov. 29? In this tight 6-day window, and with no advance notice? As if they did not want any elites not buying any last minute miles they were short to requalify, and also "motivating" them to buy again at the sale to make up for the devaluation?

I don't see what tier miles have to do with this (the miles you'd need to buy for requalification). The BF sale was on award miles and award miles chart devals are unrelated to tier miles needed for hitting *G.

Nov 23 is legacy qualification in any case.

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