Originally Posted by
PMMMDL
????
As top tier on all three major alliances, I would say you are waaaay off base.
I am top tier on all three major alliances too -- multiple times over in 2 or 3 * of the three alliances (*3, if you still consider NW and DL as two) -- but you are entitled to your own opinion even if you cannot demonstrate how my post is way off.
Originally Posted by PMMMDL
Each FF program has it's plusses and minuses. There are trade-offs to be made WRT what FF benefits to grant to what level of FFers.
Not all trade-offs are equal and some are worse for more customers than others.
Originally Posted by PMMMDL
DL's benefits are not worse than the other majors (or minors).
If DL management thought they were at least as good or better than the other majors, then why did they decide to change things so much over the past 18 months and into next year too?
Originally Posted by PMMMDL
I'm generally pleased with the changes, and I spend money out of my own pocket for upgradable M fares.
The first part is obvious.
Originally Posted by PMMMDL
Maybe DL's objective is to get more customers like me, and let some others customers that are unpleasable and less profitable go to the competition.
Maybe, but that's been DL's objective for quite some time and it didn't spare DL from bankruptcy or desperately needing other major government allowances. Then again hunters dependent upon a highly endangered species for survival have often killed off their own viability prospects in the absence of adapting by going after more plentiful sources.