If you're a PM. For non-statused members it's terrible, as one will find themselves getting bumped by a Medallion member on most every award request. I've long been a proponent that award seats should be first come, first serve, regardless of elite status level. If the airlines want to make additional award seat inventory available for statused flyers (like UA does with 1Ks), that's fine.....but the base inventory should be open to all. Having a request system like the one recommended by Robert Leach, but with equal access for all, would be welcome.