Originally Posted by
Mike Jacoubowsky
You're not on your own; you have empathy from me and many others who can't believe that UA would discourage the true road warrior, the person who doesn't get a chance to "settle in" for a long flight but rather gets (air)bussed around, likely flying a much higher percentage on UX, and has already had UA strip out relatively-easy segment padding by eliminating the ability to add segments without adding much cost (no more SJC-SBA-LAX, for example, and even SFO-LAX-LAS is rarely viable anymore).
Who are the legions of unworthy EQS 1K qualifiers? What did they do to deserve this? In what way are they detrimental to the bottom line?
^ I've never come anywhere near 100 segments, but like MJ I have tremendous respect for you folks and wish UA weren't trying to be so discouraging about your making 1K. I wonder whether its move to the 120-segment requirement is at least partly based on its figuring that you're a captive audience. Unlike some folks who get the miles through transcontinental and/or international trips, some of you might have less flexibility and fewer alternatives for many of the places you go.