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Aug 1, 2020, 11:14 pm

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Originally Posted by rustykettel

The part where they mentioned that it had to be done before the calendar year ended is probably the clue. It's not just RDM, but also EQM. There's probably either a policy or system block to disallow reversing credits after elite status for the following year has been finalized, even if it didn't tip you over into the next status tier.

I don't think it has anything to do with EQM - rather, it's an accounting issue. JL wrote AS a check to issue the miles in 2019, and AS can't refund that check in 2020 without adding a pile of accounting complexity.

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