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A lot of the money talked about was in general terms and not necessarily actual income or expense numbers. For example the $150MM refereed to in connection with the cost of unlimited upgrades was the amount generated at AA for the paid upgrades at AA and therefor represented a lost revenue stream to DL.
Perhaps someone with AA experience can comment. Did AA formerly give unlimited elite upgrades, only to replace that policy overnight with the current policy? If not, how can DL imply a likelihood of success in shifting paradigms overnight to an AA-type system? The $150MM is relevant as a precedent only if DL has a chance of realizing it. As asserted before... if DL thought it could get away with it, upgrades would be gone tomorrow. Citing AA's policy, but ignoring CO's and US's policy, and implying that DL is somehow being generous... or implying that it was either a choice of doing away with upgrades (which they cannot pull off) or removing other benefits (which they have done) is disingenuous.
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... there were quite a few people (like me & MikeMpls) that never got a chance to ask a question.
Mike... say it ain't so!