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.
If one is to assume the primary objective of gaining this new "status" is to gain better opportunity to upgrades, then why exactly does this benefit matter? If you are already flying in the front of the cabin, right?
Actually, no. Let's suppose you're a business traveler, and your employer pays for all your professional flights. For example, you could be one of
TWA FAN 1 crew he spends $60k/year on. When the time comes to take your wife on a Hawaiian vacation, your 4 SWUs enable you to buy discounted coach tickets and still fly in first or BF (provided there's availabilty). That's pretty nice, especially now that you're used to flying BF.
I mean, isn't that the case for most FTers? Don't most of us earn miles on our job to spend on our wives (myself not included)?
"I am a little surprised no one has seen the flaw in"
your analysis.
Granted, CO is then not rewarding the spender, i.e. the employer who spends 30k on a single employee.