Medallion Choice Benefits
Dec 19, 2018, 2:26 pm
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Medallion Choice Benefits
I just made diamond medallion last week. I was looking online at my choice benefit options. It does not let me pick for 2018 year anymore. Only has the option to pick for 2019 year platinum and diamond selections. Is this correct? When i made platinum in May it let me pick my 2018 platinum benefit. Since the year is still not over why am I not able to pick my diamond benefits for 2018?
Dec 19, 2018, 2:37 pm
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I just made diamond medallion last week. I was looking online at my choice benefit options. It does not let me pick for 2018 year anymore. Only has the option to pick for 2019 year platinum and diamond selections. Is this correct? When i made platinum in May it let me pick my 2018 platinum benefit. Since the year is still not over why am I not able to pick my diamond benefits for 2018?
So in short you won't get 2018 Diamond Choice Benefits.
If you made PM for the *first time* in May 2018 then you may want to double check, because almost certainly you did not make a selection for your 2018 benefit (because you wouldn't get one) but rather your 2019 benefit.
Dec 19, 2018, 8:32 pm
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I would recommend that you don't select the benefit until you are ready to use it. The clock starts ticking once you do. Specially if you want to use GUCs or RUCs.
Dec 19, 2018, 8:41 pm
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The exception would be for gifted status -- which only extends through the end of the 2019 program year no matter when you select it.
Dec 19, 2018, 10:13 pm
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You get a set of the corresponding choice benefits each time you *earn* a status level, not for each year or portion thereof when you're at that status level.
BTW, when DM first started, there was some apparent mess up in communication and we were promised a certain number of SWUs which Jeff then honored, so early on there was indeed an exception to this rule.
BTW, when DM first started, there was some apparent mess up in communication and we were promised a certain number of SWUs which Jeff then honored, so early on there was indeed an exception to this rule.
Dec 20, 2018, 5:32 am
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Jan 30, 2019, 10:36 am
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Jan 30, 2019, 11:28 am
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Jan 30, 2019, 11:51 am
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Hopefully I will have better luck with them this year than in 2018. I went 0/4 trying to redeem for flights between LAX and ATL. Finally gave up and cashed one of the 4 in on ATL-HSV and the other three expire today.
Also 12 drink vouchers expiring tomorrow. I have no idea how I ended up with 12 instead of the customary 4.
Jan 30, 2019, 11:59 am
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Guess I will go and select my last-ever set of RUCs.
Hopefully I will have better luck with them this year than in 2018. I went 0/4 trying to redeem for flights between LAX and ATL. Finally gave up and cashed one of the 4 in on ATL-HSV and the other three expire today.
Also 12 drink vouchers expiring tomorrow. I have no idea how I ended up with 12 instead of the customary 4.
Hopefully I will have better luck with them this year than in 2018. I went 0/4 trying to redeem for flights between LAX and ATL. Finally gave up and cashed one of the 4 in on ATL-HSV and the other three expire today.
Also 12 drink vouchers expiring tomorrow. I have no idea how I ended up with 12 instead of the customary 4.
Jan 30, 2019, 12:05 pm
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Do you have any flights booked this year you can apply the expiring RUCs to today? I know they're not supposed to be used for flights after the expiration date, but I've always had good luck with agents processing the RUCs so long as the RUC itself hadn't expired and the upgrade would clear immediately. I just did this for a SLC-IAD flight in March, even though the RUC expired this month. Even if you just clear on a short segment, it's worth a try IMO.
But I will definitely give it a try!
Thank you,
David
Last edited by DiverDave; Jan 30, 2019 at 12:11 pm
Jan 30, 2019, 12:30 pm
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I chose the first of my 2018 DM bennies early in the year, so I could use the SkyClub - (Very nice touch, that they added the flexibility to choose at different times)
This morning, I chose the remaining 2 DM bennies, plus my 2018 PM benny. I still have 2 - $200 DL ECVs from last year to use that are expiring TODAY!!!
This morning, I chose the remaining 2 DM bennies, plus my 2018 PM benny. I still have 2 - $200 DL ECVs from last year to use that are expiring TODAY!!!
Jan 30, 2019, 1:04 pm
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Thank you for the suggestion - I do have flights in February, though the long legs are ATL-LAX and it seems RUC upgrade availability is just never available. It has gotten to where FC is even full 24 hours before departure, so the gate lottery is to be first in line for zero seats.
Was worth a try - as they say, if you don't ask you don't get.......
Jan 30, 2019, 2:54 pm
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Thank you for the suggestion - I do have flights in February, though the long legs are ATL-LAX and it seems RUC upgrade availability is just never available. It has gotten to where FC is even full 24 hours before departure, so the gate lottery is to be first in line for zero seats.
But I will definitely give it a try!
Thank you,
David
But I will definitely give it a try!
Thank you,
David