I was somewhat on the fence about manufacturing an extra $2,500 in SQD this year to hit SE plus earn a banked year (which would give me three in the bank). But this news/rumor makes it easier to decide: I’ll bump a couple of Y flights to J and secure that extra banked year. My guess is AC will “enhance” away some of the parts of the program that I appreciate most while also putting SE out of reach in future years. This way I won’t have to think much about it until 2030.