Originally Posted by
Shareholder
It's been a while since there was a $700 fare to Australia from the east coast or DEQMs to make it possible to earn 1K for $2500-$3000. And most high-yield 1Ks forget it is their companies footing the bill, not to mention they actually fly a lot less than 100K BIS given either full Y or COS bonuses for C and F fares. For those low-yield 1Ks you so disdain, not only did they earn that status the hard way, in UA's coach cabin (and single screen 744s at the to Australia), they paid for it in after-tax personal dollars! And not all of them ran scams to collect those vouchers you refer to.
I don't care if you spent $3000 or $300,000 - I was simply responding to
chavada's earlier question and pointing to the relevant thread on the topic.
My "disdain" for low-yield 1Ks is only in comparison to the relatively high-yield EQS qualifiers (the ones who really earn it the hard way!) that got screwed with the 120 segment increase.