What's strange is that in your case the difference is not a multiple of 1000, maybe other ways of obtained status miles, like conversion from award miles?
Anyway, M&M and its IT is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get...
Originally Posted by
Baker421
Ah, thank you! Excellent advice, as well. Against my better judgement, I booked that late December circuitous routing with LH in order to put me over the line . . . I'd have been rather upset to find they'd moved the goalpost after the fact!