This will cause me to leave and fly for price and not status. I have been loyal and top tier status between NW/DL for 15 yrs without really ever looking at other airlines. I fly cheap but fly over 125k a year always with connections. I love DL for the most part, get upgraded all the time, but Since I only fly domestic for business and we have strict limits of what we can spend per ticket, I am not top revenue on each ticket.
This could set me free! More Webex/video conferences in my future.