Originally Posted by blug

Missing the point entirely.
It's not about "UA is launching some promotion to make achieving status easier. It's so unfair, because I won't need that promotion to get my status anyway!" I don't recall anyone saying that.
It's about launching a promotion to incentivize people to spend more money, or choose UA over other carriers, or even take trips they don't need, in order to achieve statuses, and then decides that everyone gets their statuses anyway.
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