hadukla wrote:
My guess is this will be expanded upon and may even begin to take slots away from non-AWA folks (imagine, 30 slots+10 AWA). Some have said down the road AWA being the only qualifier for Kona, while I don't think that will actually happen, I do think this is their way to begin working the status more into qualifying in general. Even as an AWA, it doesn't feel great for me however I do applaud them for their business sense here as it is brilliant to reward loyalty. And guess what? the masses will take note of this and try to achieve AWA if this gets expanded.
Also you still need to be a fast AWA person. I would imagine most KQ’ers are already AWA as it is.
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