Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Near the pole, at the beach, top of mountains, underwater, golfing
Programs: AC E, FPC plat, TK E, VA G, HIlton diam, spg plat, CX gold, US air Plat, Hyatt Dia, A club Plat
Posts: 287
sucks to be elite
double elite family, husband and wife, leisure travel, paid from our own dime, we reach 38k-45k status each year with combination of latitude fares to haiwaii / florida and tango plus NA and overseas, plus many many first class AE and US air redemptions...
spent 7-10k each to reach lowly elite, not one single overseas flight upgraded in 2011 due to reduction of r spaces... plus with the 2013 enhancements, our choices are:
1. go with agean for star gold
2. go with UA
3. stay with AC to try for SE at low fares to SIN. 5-6 times to SIN for 1.5k each.. SE= 8k spending?. not likely to happen with tango plus earning only 50% status.
4. ditch AC and book only on low fares / services / awards redemptions.
5. any other options without AC ?
looks like AC and AE will both lose all my business. no reasons to be elite anymore, even at the 50k mark, with the reduction of R space, competition from SE and now Elite +..
our paid flights will go to agean. award flights will be with other US UA...
A call to unhappy elites: "hasta la vista air canada" . wesjet now look promising.