Originally Posted by
kalderlake
So in terms of milestones, what we're doing this year in qualifying is, rather than earning benefits, earning the opportunity to buy those benefits next year? Ie. as a 25k, rather than start with 20 eups I start with 5, and have to purchase more by spending money, in whatever form, next year.
The only real difference between the new system, and how Threshold Rewards and Priority Rewards have worked for the last several years, is that it's no longer possible to earn additional credits from credit-card spend without flying.