Originally Posted by
xliioper
Not quite. If you have 225K in rollover you can use up it 200K of it to extend status, but can also choose to do a single year of extension for 2025 for 100K MQMs. But as noted, you can't do bit-by-bit and you cannot extend status first earned during 2024. You can only extend your status earned during 2023 calendar year (2024 program year status). If you didn't earn DM during 2023, it's too late to do any DM extensions and it would be pointless to choose extension option if you earn DM status during 2024 (which will qualify you for 2025 program year DM status). Hopefully DL will make this all clear when conversions open up on Feb 28th so that people don't make foolish mistakes.
"Using the 100,000:1 ratio, Members may select the number of years of Status extension they desire, up to the number for which they are eligible. Medallion Status will not be awarded for partial years; any Rollover MQMs exceeding a 100,000 threshold, and which are not used for Status extension, can be converted into miles or MQDs using the applicable conversion rate above"
right. I am saying if you have more than 1 year of 'banked' rollover allowance (say 200k excess MQM) then you cannot leapfrog a year.
If you're a DM this year, 2024, and have 200k rollover MQM then as at late this month you have a choice.
You can use 100k or 200k for 1 or 2 years rollover. It is for next year and so on. 100k will extend your 2024 status (as earned in 2023) for 1 year. 200k will extend it for 2 years. Etc.
But.....if you decide to extend this years status to next year, you have rendered your natural status earn worthless because if you also earn DM this year, naturally, you just used 100k rollover miles needlessly. You cannot therefore earn DM this year naturally for 2025 calendar status, and say to Delta by Dec 31 2024 "please use 100k of my rollover MQM for 2026 calendar status banked year".
If you use 100k of rollover for banked year....they will apply that to 2025 calendar year status
regardless of whether you earned it naturally or not.
Hope that makes sense? Choice made now could bring a relief to travelers who know they won't hit it otherwise. A choice made later in the year once full status spend for 2024 is close to being done will be clearer but also gives less options.
Choose wisely!