Originally Posted by
raehl311
Sillyness.
More CR1s or less CR1s has NO BEARING AT ALL on the overall benefits of the elite program, because they have no bearing on the number of F seats on the planes. They just change who gets the F seats.
More CR1s are better for lower-tier elites. More CR1s are bad for higher tier elites, because the easier CR1s are to get, the more low-tier elites can hop ahead of high-tier elites in EUA. That's all there is to it.
If you're top-tier elite, you want CR1s to die entirely.
This is simply ludicrious and makes absolutely no sense IMO. Look at the UA1K reaction when they tried to get rid of CR-1s last year - I doubt there was a single elite cheering their elimination. Plus, "low tier elites" aren't even getting them, nor are mid-tier ones. It's a benefit for "the best" fliers, and that benefit was just severly devalued yesterday. Notice how the equivalent thread in the UA forum already has over 500 posts.
Many of us like to confirm UGs in advance without buying YB(M) fares or using miles.