After reading the two negative comments, I felt some balance was in order. As a diamond/multi-million miler, I am provided with a sky club membership that is recognized by the partner airlines and access to the partner lounges is afforded whether flying business outbound or not. I still have to use miles or certificates to upgrade on international flights. Having flown 300,000 miles last year and having spent 10s of thousands of dollars, the changes present themselves as a baby step forward. Why should I be treated with the same priority as someone who made diamond only by rolling over miles from a previous year? There are more elite level fliers than there are first class seats and diamond has become the new platinum. The only additional hurdle will affect those rolling miles over. If one flies more than 125,000 miles in a year, it is hard not to spend $12,500. But, flying 90,000 miles and rolling over 35,000 miles, a budget traveler might not make the cut.

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