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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 8:17 am
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jbatl
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STX
Programs: Used to have a bunch of shiny metallic cards. That was one life ago.
Posts: 1,807
I know I'm going to regret this as a total waste of time, but here goes ...

Originally Posted by GUWonder
For most customers, however, this 2010 Medallion Program is mostly nothing but DL management charlatans playing the usual DL charlatan shell game of stripping something from the many only to give back the same or less to fewer customers than before.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
For most customers, however, DL's approach to toying around with the loyalty programs customers by stripping away value for many customers to give the same or less value to a smaller segment of customers hasn't done well by most customers.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
For most customers of DL-NW, these changes are the product of DL management's customer-unfriendly approach to most customers, an approach whereby DL management strips down benefits from more customers and then gives back some of them to a smaller number of customers than before.
Seriously, when were you in ATL stopping DL customers and asking them for their opinions on the 2010 Medallion program? I am so sorry I missed you. In fact, I would have enjoyed listening in on your unscientific conversations with all these scores of customers you've clearly spoken to. What about MSP? Did you hit DTW, too?

Oh, oh ... You didn't actually talk to any customers? Well, you must have reached the above conclusions based on your careful reading of this thread and others in the DL forum! That must be it, right??

Originally Posted by GUWonder
If people think about it then they know that polling customers is not the only way to factually demonstrate what I stated. Think about what I posted and then get back to me.
Been thinking, dude. Can't think of another way to "factually demonstrate" your statements above. Please, enlighten me.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
I am not speaking for most customers, but I am speaking of most DL-NW customers and what DL management has done. Get the difference?
Nope. But, maybe it's just me.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
... as a result of DL's charlatan ...
Originally Posted by GUWonder
... and certainly most charlatan ...
Love it! Charlatan is the new sheeple, eh? Well, at least it's a word that actually exists. Now that's a program enhancement! ^

Originally Posted by GUWonder
I don't see anything in this announcement that makes me want to go for Diamond status in 2010 as I get better returns on my travel money by crediting that volume of flights and way more to programs besides one under the control of DL management.
Originally Posted by bwhite
JOut of curiosity, you are obviously well travelled and for some time. What airlines do you currently utilize?
+1.

And, since you choose not to disclose it in your profile, I'll take it a step further. What's your elite status on DL? Other airlines? How many BIS miles have you flown this year so far? How many segments?

No, you're right, you don't have to tell us. I think your post count tells us all we need to know.

But, again, maybe it's just me.

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