Originally Posted by Gone Flying

sorry for 2 things, first re-reading my post it came off as way more abrasive than I meant. My bad. And secondly I just got bad info then as I was told vacation did not count towards the trigger as it was pay/no credit.

as to the premium several airlines have different rules, but I have known pilots at other airlines who drop to 0 or close to it and only fly premium. At AA it only pays 1.5x but at NK and (I think) JB and SWA it pays 2X.