Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
....Some of us earned a MM "lifetime" status level before DL went to annual complimentary. DL used to say that such "lifetime" status would continue to be honored as lifetime. I wonder what they would say now?
Lifetime status now means you have a lifetime of annually-renewed status, with the with the current published benefits available to that elite level at the time of renewal. DL or UA or whoever 1) doesn't want a bunch of elites earning their lifetime status claiming different benefits available at the time of passing the threshold. It would be an administrative nightmare as 2) Delta wants flexibility to change benefits easily (of course "after listening to their customers"
).