<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by beaubo:
dmfriedman-
Since the programs are pretty mature at this point, there really shouldn't be the need to make any major changes, good or bad.
Most LATE in the year changes/perks offered are not so much inducements as they are apologies. So, assuming that UA has an uneventful year, wse shouldn't be getting any LATE surprises anyway.
If the trade off is the CERTAINTY of knowing the program structure x number of months in advance each year, versus the RISK of UA not spiffing us with yearend surpises, I'll happily take the former. </font>
As mentioned before, what one considers "good" could be considered "bad" by others. So if United gives SWUs it could be considered good by those who get the SWUs and considered bad by those who do not get them. And vice versa.
Also the term "major change" is subjective. I thought that when CO changed to auto upgrades it is a minor (and good) change. But some think otherwise.
I don't think that anyone likes last minute surprises. On the other hand if we disallow changes for a year before the changes go into effect, it would disallow a large number of changes - one of which could have been the granting of the SWUs to 1K members by United (was this in 1999?). If they had to wait a year then before giving the SWUs would they even have given the SWUs to begin with?
The NW promotion this year is not an apology but an inducement. This is the kind of change that would be disallowed since it does not fall under a one year disclosure. But I am glad that it is being offered.