Originally Posted by
bse118
The change in the dates of the qualification year was announced when the Loyalty Points program was announced, it's not news. The odd 14 month qualification year is this year only as the program transitions to the new term.
I've always assumed this was to give a bit of a grace period so that people meeting the thresholds with activity right at the end of the qualification year didn't lose status temporarily while waiting for that activity to post.
Correct, this helps anyone waiting for something to post from Partners and even AA. Sometimes even AA LPs/RDMs can take a couple of days to post. I find this happens when there's been a reissue of the ticket.