Originally Posted by
Bonaventure
If anyone at AC reads this forum, I'm sure the few of us who are traveling or do have travel planned would like the certainty of knowing what the requirements are earlier rather than later so that we can plan / allocate travel. I have 2 top tier statuses to maintain, so whoever offers the best/earliest incentive to keep the status will get all of my business.
If AA extends EXP, wouldn't that be a better reason to put all your travel on AC, so you can retain both top tier statuses?
I just don't see the benefit to an airline of announcing early (unless it's prorated, like every month saying "we're cutting requirements by 1/12"), but I see a huge potential drawback of announcing earlier.
If Marriott were to announce that they're extending status, I'd probably avoid Marriott for the rest of the year (unless the property was significantly cheaper or better located), and work on other statuses.