Originally Posted by
sbagdon
Time to throw this out there...
On average, aggregate F seat count is going down, and the Elite ranks are moving up. It appears on average only Plats are EUA'ing, and Golds are BF'ing, so F is going to be more difficult to get into.
Time for ways to pay to get into F? Mileage? Money? Instruments?
Steve B.
No, I respectfully don't think so. NW, DL and CO tout the "free upgrades". I don't see them moving to an instrument based system (ala UA or AA (for anyone lower than EXP)) without a major overhaul. I think it will just mean less rides upfront for folks and will look more like CO and its upgrade policies than NW over the last few years. YMMV.
Safe Travels.