Originally Posted by
becreative
How does this only target infrequent travelers? As a frequent traveler I used to book the lowest fares for international itins. Those used to get me 100% status miles regardless of the fare class booked. I could also use my upgrade credits for upgrades. Now with the (re)introduction of Tango on international routes the lowest fares will not give me the same status miles or upgrade opps. The infrequent traveler doesn't have upgrade credits so that point is moot and probably doesnt place the same value on status miles so again that point is moot. So I would argue that these changes actually target frequent travelers where their travel policies require them to book the lowest available fares.
+1
It will all depend on how aggressive they are in terms of re-labelling what are currently Tango Plus fares as Tango internationally, but I am sensing that what they meant at SMD3 was that the visible parts of the program would not change much - it's the less visible stuff (think IKK).
This frog is starting to get toasty in the pot of water.