Originally Posted by
jiggyjig
Whether it's worth paying extra for flex depends on where your based though as the increase in price to get flex isn't consistent. LH treats it's home market differently - it could be worse though - you could have higher tier thresholds for people based in dxb than everyone else, or SQ where the cheaper fares get no miles at all.
The implementation could definitely have been more transparent and communicated better, rather than finding out when you go to book.
Having got a Swiss air yesterday, it puts into perspective how good ek are,even if skywards is being devalued.
I still think EK is a great airline, there's no doubt about that.
As for Skywards and other programmes - with LH you feel like they're out to nickel and dime you. Look at the M&M forum and there's enhancements every week. EK used to be about the comfort, convenience and pleasure of flying. Sure, you become too liberal and your business becomes unviable. But EK has always been innovative in the past, and it would be nice to see them finding innovative solutions (which they say they are working on), rather than following the pack and reducing mileage and benefits. That's what differentiates a market leader (one that has a lot of financial resources at hand in this case) from the 'industry'.