Originally Posted by
olouie
This is so complicated, I am going to need to feed each flight into some AI service to calculate points and status in the future instead of just using the simple spreadsheets I've been using for years.
It's really not any more complicated than what we have now. In fact, with 500 mile minimum going away and CoS bonus for "earn by distance traveled" choice going away, one could argue that it gets a tiny bit less complicated.
Especially the "earn by distance traveled" choice becomes really simple with only a few rules to know:
.- RDP and SP earn actual distance traveled, except no RDP on award tickets
- no CoS bonus
- elite bonus for RDP on revenue tickets only
Now for "earn by price paid" choice there are a few more nuances:
.- base earnings are either:
- 1 point earned per 20 points redeemed for award tickets [SP only], or
- 5 points earned per $1 spent (before taxes and fees) for revenue tickets booked with AS, or
- actual distance traveled for revenue tickets booked with partner
- CoS bonus only applies to revenue tickets booked with partner
- elite bonus same as above
I think that's pretty much all there's to it (disclaimer: preliminary interpretation, subject to change).