But it isn't stable. That's the whole point. I'm sure there are lots of people like me for whom travel hasn't ramped back up - my first business trip will be in mid-June, and volume of trips thereafter will still be a lot lower than pre-covid. (I'll have more than normal paid personal trips, including a couple to Europe, but I'll still be short of SE.) I had resigned myself to 50k status next year, perhaps regaining SE for 2024. And it's not like there are a lot of new people hitting SE, are there? I'm sure there are some, but no where near those otherwise dropping off. I know a lot of people travelling less in 2022 than pre-covid. I don't know anyone who is travelling more. (Yes, I know it's anecdotal.)

Perhaps AC sees that the number of SEs (and 75k, etc.) are likely to otherwise drop significantly for 2023, and this is a response to that.

If everything was stable, then, sure, I agree. And I would think they wouldn't launch this promotion in that case.