Originally Posted by
abhilife2001
IMO, EK had two options :-
2. Make it tougher to gold itself and ineffect make it exclusive.. This they are doing by making most fares saver etc which will make it needing double the flights in most cases.
IME, as most frequent travellers travel for work, many of them dont want to pay more ( sometimes like 200 - 300 USD) for only more miles from their own pockets ( I would not ! )..But this is resulting in lot of heart burn as we all know..
This would be fine with me, if they actually added some value to Gold status:
a. Increased availability for saver awards (still virtually none)
b. Increased advance upgrade availability - right now, it's a gamble with poor odds.
c. Upgrade Cert's like LH/UA offer.
d. Lounge Access (which has been reduced, not increased)
Right now, the EK Skywards program does not encourage me to travel with any loyalty in premium classes. Aside from bonus miles (on a lower mileage saver ticket !), there is nothing.
It's all a one way street with EK at the moment.