Wait, you're suggesting it will impact the BIS flyers *less?*
So I earned 1MM+ AS miles in about a half hour in 2015, and they earned 100K in about a year, and now they'll have fly for *another year*, and it impacts them less?
Just because there are fewer MVPs than churners doesn't mean the effects are less. In point of fact, they are more, as that's where the actual business comes from. (Not to mention even pissing off churners and mileage buyers affects the bottom line as well.)