Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
I used to think, if one of the legacies thought they could get away with this, and that the others would also follow suit, that FF programs would be over in a heartbeat.
You are correct, but it will never happen.
Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
"if I could only sell one pair of shoes to each person in China" approach.
Worked out just the opposite. 10 pairs of Chinese shoes in everyone else's closet.
Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
If the credit card hawkers in the airports can can lure every person in the US (or, at least, a sizable portion) into the FF program with promises of "FREE tickets for only 25,000 miles" (Yes, they still claim FREE tickets)...
and if the bulk of the new members give DL some business, but never accumulate the considerably more than 25,000 miles necessary to gain two tickets (after all, how many people want to go someplace alone?)...
and, if a considerable portion of the awarded miles expire anyway...
Agree, I can't figure out how someone would pay something like $150 to $450 a year for a credit card, only charge 5k a year, and then use triple miles for a $100 ticket because there were no skysaver seats. Of course they had to pay the rapid redemption fee of something like $150.
But it is not like Delta puts a gun to their heads.