Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
UA, CO and AA are offering them. DL has TRIPLE EQM. Will AS get in on the action, too?
Read the "fine print" on the DL "triple EQM" promo. The fare buckets that yield "triple EQM" are those that normally award 150% EQM anyway. Net/net it's really only double EQM on those fare buckets and no extra EQMs are given for L, U and T fares.
Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
So, you think Alaska's going to keep the same number of F seats around for less people, especially if F travel is what's diminishing the most?
You might get what you want in the short term, but what may happen in the long term is less elites AND less F seats. After all, if you can't fill your F seats with free upgrades, even, why not reduce the size of F and add more Y? Does it make sense to cart big chairs around that don't get filled?
Post 9/11 AS management was seriously considering reducing the number of F seats or eliminating them altogether. It's not as far fetched an idea as you think.