Originally Posted by erenner
i'm unfortunately a 100+ night a year qualifier
nothing changed for me with rolling tier (except reading lots of posts of people rightfully confused
) apart from that i am not sure you will be able to find out the number of (or percentage of) diamonds. If you can I would be interested to know. AA for instance doesnt tell us how many Executive Platinums etc. they have however we make guesses (some more educated guesses than others)
Based on the link the first reply pointed me to (thank you), as of 2004, the % of Diamond members was 2.5%. That was before the "rolling tier" so I am guessing that will be way up in 2007. I really dis-like it when they dilute programs like that. "Double qualifing miles" on airlines effectively do the same thing. Its really a moving target to know that you are in the right program for your circumstance and I hope that I do not see less service if the number of Diamond members goes from 2.5% to 5% becasue of the new interpertation.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy for the folks who could not attain Diamond without the rolling tier program (lumpy travel plans) but for a true 100+ a night customer you want to keep the perks open to as limited a number as possible so it may mean moving to a new loyalty program (talk about an oxymoron
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