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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 6:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
All this rationalization and concern makes me wonder if maybe it should just be entirely revenue-based, nothing else....
Sounds like Virgin America FF program which is not necessarily a bad thing... though I sure not all FTers will agree. Just my $0.02

Whenever I choose to fly VX it's primarily because I like their product (at least on the SFO-LAX-SFO hops), timing works and the price is right. Points, loyalty program etc... isn't a deciding factor. I like getting rewarded but I'm not going to charge my client $200 for a UA ticket when the same trip (with similar departure times) costs $120 (or less) on VX. Once upon a time I think VX had pts that "timed out". Since I don't think my flying patterns on VX would earn enough in one year to get a SIGNIFICANT benefit I don't care how many points got earned/expire.
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