Conceptual diagrams that look like dataviz

Long-time reader Chris P. sent in this confusing visualization:The goal is to depict his progress toward status in the United Mileage Plus frequent flyer programs. Chris said:United has a great app for managing flights, but then you look at their website and might notice some scale problems (see the 3rd bar in the attached). Suddenly 11,500 is VERY VERY far from 12,000, Argh.I have to say the diagram contains a lot of information. The design is very flat; almost everything exists on the same plane, making it hard to know where to look.The data fall into two categories: customer data, and program data. There are really only two customer metrics: PQP (Points) and PQF (Flights). Each of those is further split by including or excluding future flights. In all, four pieces of data.All the rest are program data identical across all customers. The four levels of status, and the amount of points or flights required to achieve those. What is especially difficult to grasp are the alternative…