Originally Posted by
beckoa
As this is a new benefit, I think this is the only year there is a gap.
So if you earn 100K (or requalify) in September 2023 for status year 2024, your Lounge+ membership is valid through your status year until December 31, 2024.
Originally Posted by
anteater
That would be ideal and I hope AS does allow the selection of the 100K Choice Benefit immediately upon achieving the elite status; however, I don't believe AS has published the timing of the selection process for the subsequent program years. There's also AS' wonderful IT issues to take into account, case in point: AS halted the distribution of 75K perks in Q4 (if I recall the timing) because of the EQM bonuses causing calculation issues with qualification metrics.
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As it's becoming evening now, I'm no longer believing that the selection emails are coming today. I qualified in November, and it's disappointing that the lounge choice benefit isn't being delivered timely. I don't think a company should use IT as a justification for shorting a benefit. If they can't fix the IT then adjust the benefit terms. I certainly expected this choice benefit would be available at the start of the year, given the fixed end date.