Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
I'm not one to get upset at DL's MQD requirements. To me it's reasonable to have a spend threshold. But please do not assume that $15,000 in spend (actually more for most since you don't get credit for taxes and non-carrier imposed fees) is "trivial" to most people in the country, and probably isn't trivial to many small to mid size businesses either. One could easily fly JFK-LAX about twice a month for an entire year and get pretty close to 125K MQMs but if you're spending even $500 per ticket to do so, you'll still fall short of the 15K MQD requirement.
The point of top tier isn't that most or even a majority of people can reach it. It's to reward the major customers, the ones that pick DL/ST even when there's a better option cost/time wise.
If they did anything (I doubt they will do anything) I'd assume it would be lowering the MQD to previous levels.