Originally Posted by Robert Leach

I have to disagree there. The problem now is that the credit card mile accumulating non-elites who plan 331 days in advance suck award inventory out of the system for "real" flyers, which IMO is a bad thing for "real" flyers.

I think one of the big advantages of elite status is higher placement on waitlists. I don't think that should be changed under my proposed system.