Originally Posted by
global_happy_traveller
i see them...............
but this whole thing separates the boys from the men...........
now i can see them potentially raising the Elite qualifying criteria to 50,000
Wouldn't reducing the status miles earned on flights be an argument against raising the qualifying criteria to 50k?
US based airlines typically require 50k status miles to earn *G status, but pretty much all of their revenue fare classes earn 100% mileage, even the dirt cheap fares.
AC only requires 35k miles to qualify for *G, but many of the revenue fare categories earn 0 status miles. Someone could fly 100,000BIS miles domestically on Tango fares and have no status to show for it. Reducing the status miles earned on international flights will make it harder for many people to hit 35k miles, so why raise the requirement to 50k?