Originally Posted by
Fullmoon
so, if I make it to platinum with 300 XP for 2025, but only accumulate 150 XP in 2025 and get down graded to Gold for 2026. What's gonna happen to the 150XP? Does it rollover to 2027 or reset to zero?
Those 150XP will be lost. You should see that as "you qualified for Gold with only 150XP instead of the 180XP normally required.".
Originally Posted by
Fullmoon
With 300 XP in one year, I would be guaranteed for one year Plat + one year gold? But with 180 XP per year, I need 180 XP this year + 180 XP next year for the two consecutive year's gold status?
Correct. And in the case of Gold, another example could be 299XP one year and 61XP the second year, as anything over 180XP carries over.
Originally Posted by
Utskicat
I think the idea around diluting revenue is they fear people buying a cheaper seat that has a lower fare class available ahead of time with the expectation that they can SDC into the flight they actually want. Obviously the airlines have the hard data on this. I’ve always found this to be a weak argument.
On US Airlines, I myself have sometimes used the strategy before. But it rarely pushed me to buy the more expensive connection. I will buy in most cases the cheaper routing and if have an opportunity to make it work for me via SDC then great, otherwise, I stick to my original purchased flight. I think this is what the vast majority people would do, but that’s mearly an opinion.
Is your personal example not exactly the reason why it is a case of losing revenue? You are saying that because you have this perk, you go for the cheapest option. You may not get a 100% success rate, but obviously it works often enough to be willing to risk it. While if this benefit did not exist (and there is a zero chance that they would put you on an earlier flight for free) you would be more inclined to purchase that more expensive flight having a short layover?