I called the NW PE line just now and asked the lovely agent about EQM earning on Y and B NW fares, after learning that DL is lowering MQM earning on Y, B, M fares to 100% from the current 150%.

She consulted her computer and told me that both Y and B NW fares will earn 150% EQM until March 1, 2009 when the earnings drop to 100%. She said these changes came down from DL and when I asked her if she asked her superviser or consulted her computer, it was from her computer. She apologized for the diminishing value of the WP program. She said she had a mechanism for reporting the customer's opinion about these changes and that she would report my opinion of this new and "exciting" change to create the "best in class" FFP.

I thought others would like to know that NW has matched DLs decrease in EQM on full Y and B fares to 100% starting on March 1, 2009.

Onward to Continental for me.