Originally Posted by
palooza
To add to a new category: you are eligible to be awarded during seat lock to a new category for the first 2 AE's that include the new category. Didn't think I was eligible for it because I didn't get it on opening AE, but then was awarded it the next round even though my seat lock expired 3 whole days after the first conversion date.
Close...take a look at 22.A.16.
You can be awarded an AE (despite the existence of a category freeze) if the AE is to a new or re-established category. 22.A.16 (and 2.A.175) tells us a category is considered a new category for 60 days from the date of first conversion, not for the first 2 AEs.