Originally Posted by
mre5765
So how much do you spend to be a 2P?
Also, how do you account for spend on *A partners? Because of that alone, you can't have tiers based on spending because that data won't be available. What you can do is base the model on EQMs that differ by fare class. And once you go down that path, you'll hear cries of devaluation.
Finally, CO insists that there be a 0P (75K EQMs based on this week's announcement, so you need a spending threshold for that).
Not so easy is it?
Good points. My original chart should've been 2P: $5000 - $9999 is 2P, 1P: $10K - $14,999, and so on.... The numbers don't really matter. The ranges can be adjusted according to averages and additional classifications can be added as necessary.
With regard to *A and partners... well, to draw a hard line, those flights would no longer count as we're talking $$ spent on a single airline for benefits on that airline. Yeah, that would suck for a lot of people but UA ultimately doesn't care how much money you spent on SQ or LX - they only care how much you spent on UA. If you want the benefits of 1K you should fly UA for them. I could be wrong but I don't think money spent on other carriers counts towards GS today so this would be no different.