Originally Posted by Goodoldflyer

I think what they mean is that it was a lot easier to earn (or retain) status last year and this year with accelerators and rollovers.

As of the moment, the accelerators and rollovers have ended, and record numbers of consumers have returned to the skys. One might surmise that accumulated credits from the last three years among medallion members alone are enough to make complimentary upgrades challenging, and those will be greatly reduced at the end of January 2023.