Originally Posted by
weero
UA will further worsen the situation for medium spenders. GS and mileage runners will be fine as they were before but for 1Ks and below on H fares or below things will become even more dire than with UA's current clumsy attempts to reward spending on revenue.
Because they cannot really track the latter - face it apologist, they cannot even accurately track the miles credited - they will further tweak the prejudiced priority schemes which then in turn will work against 1Ks and other lesser elites.
But within the context of what will change for next year? Are you suggesting things will change? I think they'll keep things where they are, rather than try to rock the boat much more than they already have. Eventually, you're right, the middle spender will get the shaft, the GS will be taken care of, and the low-spend opportunist will continue to find ways to game the system to their advantage.