Originally Posted by
fastair
Neither. I am a neutral party who gets no credits ever, so am therefore only looking at the numbers in an unbiased way. My question is it fair for a person to need 30 EQS to get 2P when they can do 25k miles, or 60EQS when they can do 50K miles? The relative fairness on them are all equal, as long as one is fair, they all are, but if none are fair, that is a completely different discussion. They are all equally fair or unfair, 1K's will no longer be an exception to the straight ratio graph of plateaus.
You are attempting to compare apples and oranges, which is tough to do...
There has to be a reference point in making a value judgment, which the notion of "fairness" happens to be one. "Fair" relative to what? For the situation at hand, the reference point has to be the rules that have governed the FF program up to now. Under these rules [the reference point], the requirements in EQS and EQM for all elite levels up to 1K were already established, and those signing up were fully aware of them when they joined. To now increase the EQS requirement for 1K without doing the same for the EQM requirement goes against any standard of fairness simply because it is not conceivable that the EQS would suddenly lose its value against the EQM without anything happening to cause this imbalance...
This, in fact, makes a strong case for the T & C of the merged FF program to first be fully developed and disclosed and then for the MP and OneP members to be given the opportunity to evaluate the new rules and decide whether they wish to remain with the new program or jump ship...
Originally Posted by
5khours
Why is it fair that someone potentially gets 1k for spending maybe 50 hours in flight, when the EQM fliers have to spend at least 200 hours. If we're talking fair, they ought to make the EQS requirement 400 not 120.... add in the jet lag and it probably ought to be 1000.... that would be fair
It all begins by finding your reference point. One cannot speak of "fairness" without stating the reference point... For a loyalty program, the standard of fairness has to be the T & C that members agreed to.