Airline Status & Elite Requirement Watch

Track elite status for US frequent travelers. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: qualification threshold, earning rate and spend requirement changes at American, Delta, United, Alaska, Southwest, JetBlue, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and IHG with effective dates; status match and challenge offers with eligibility and windows; elite benefit changes for lounge access, upgrades, free bags, late checkout and suite upgrades; status extensions and rollover changes; partner airline and hotel earning changes; credit card status shortcut changes; lifetime status rule changes; and qualification deadlines within 90 days. Prefer program terms pages, official announcements and established points and miles reporting; ignore unconfirmed leaks. Put the program and the change first in the title. Use high severity for a threshold increase over 20 percent, a status match window closing within 14 days, or a benefit cut to a top-tier perk. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, the date, what to do before the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.