Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
Junk fees going up- guess they have to make up the low fares somehow (I could have sworn that at one point, the fees were $75). Most of my fares are low enough that I guess I'd just throw away the fare.
The part where you have to pay a $75 fee to redeposit points from an F fare purchased with Elevate points is pretty
... especially since you'd have to be flying a LOT on VX to have enough points to get a VX F fare in the space 18 months, so it strikes me as pretty customer-hostile, but hey, gotta make money somehow, and nickeling and diming for fees is a great way to do that.
They've basically made it so that changes aren't allowed on tickets purchased with elevate points, thus forcing you to cancel and pay the redeposit fee.
It's too bad, I really like the decidedly upscale VX product, but the loyalty program was already limited enough and I think it's a mistake to further devalue it by adding additional complications and restrictions. It seems like there's something dishonest about selling me a changeable/refundable ticket with points that essentially equate to cash value, and then finding a way to sneak in a fee if I want to make a change.