Originally Posted by
rakdance
But, whatever it is, logically, ELITEs should have more advantage of the card than NON-ELITE cardholders, just as if neither of had the card. To say that NON-ELITEs should have the same advantage is unfair to those of us who flew countless hours to earn our status.
It's not even about that. Look, if there was no stratification of benefits on the card, then no elite in their right mind would sign up for it, since it would be more cost-effective to just get a PC membership (or an Amex Platinum membership for that matter). Most if not all the other really useful benefits they already get as a function of their elite status. So they
had to do something to entice elites to sign up for the card. Though frankly, IMHO, the 25% bonus and the upgrade on domestic coach reward travel isn't worth much to me.