I suspect the vast majority of top-tier elites would make their level without bonii, because I believe the vast majority of elites make their level by a substantial margin. As far as my qualifications, last year I would have been around 10K short without bonii, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have made my level without them. Being that close, I would have just bitten the bullet and flown a couple of MRs to make it. To paraphrase the BASF ads, bonus EQM don't make the level, they just make the level cheaper...