Originally Posted by
Sunny Day
Tango used to offer 100% status miles, so it is not inflation, it was deflation when they took status miles off Tango. There should have been a huge uproar over that change. As for redemption, it is totally controlled by the airline to release or not release seats. They could release more seats and do away with that bogus Classic Plus award at a cost of 480,000 miles for a last minute economy flight which NO ONE will be silly enough to redeem.
It started as 50% status miles, I believe