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Old Jan 3, 2026 | 7:10 am
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I anticipate retaining Atmos Silver with minimal effort. We’ll see about Atmos Gold.

I fly significantly more DL these days than a few years ago (in fact, today, and I hold earned DL status). Having things chip chip chipped (tm) away like RDM earn doesn’t give me warm and fuzzies. I appreciate that the DL/AX integration blows AS/BofA away in some meaningful levels. DL has succeeded in getting my business and AS won’t ever get the level of business I was doing in the 00s and 10s again. Ah well.

Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
Accordingly, I don't find much issue with AST being 135K, as it is the only way for real AS very frequent flyers to get some status perk above others. However, if I were one of those folks paying for F much of the time, the projected upcoming regime would tick me off to no end. As it will stand, I'll have no incentive to pay for AS F for a qualifying boost. Foot shoot self AS?
If you’re buying F maybe AS tries to incentivize you to go revenue based earn? The details are still question marks.
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