Originally Posted by
transportbiz
I am a little surprised no one has seen the flaw in this proposal.
If one spends 30K to earn 75K EQM's then that person is already flying in First or Business First.
I agree that this program will only apply to very few and effectively benefit even fewer.
On the other hand, it is possible to fly a lot of short, expensive segments and spend a small mint for relatively few miles.
I fly a lot of EWR-YQB, a route on which CO has the exclusive non-stops.
Fares are commonly about $900 rt. That's 882 EQM's roundtrip.
Assuming you flew only this route and it always cost $900 rt (I know it's not realistic, but it is possible), you would have to spend $76,500 to earn 75,000 miles.
Ouch.