I was so close to paying the $30K in December, so researched this quite a bit. Shorter dummy trips would indeed be a solution if it works as you suggest. I do wonder what percentage of Pass members let days spoil. It must be high for the whole economics of Pass to be profitable, but the whole Pass program has sufficient complexity that I'd tend to think most Pass holders would be sophisticated gamer-adjacent types. Decided against the program because last minute J cabin air is so expensive these days and we're not going to be traveling on long flights in coach.