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Old Sep 13, 2023 | 8:06 pm
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Originally Posted by steveholt
Prioritizing MMs over Reserve cardholders for a ever-decreasing number of upgrades when there's no way to audit whether Reserve cardholders are actually missing out on those upgrades in practice isn't going to represent much more than a drop in the bucket given these changes. Incentivizing the average DL cardholder to spend ~$10K more per year on their card would dwarf any concerns about upgrade policy.
How are these average DL cardholders being incentivized to spend ~$10k more per year on their card? The ever decreasing number of upgrades that await them?
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