Might that have been 6x, 8x, and 10x? Because a differential of 4x between Anytime and BS would make BS effectively cheaper in every case.
I'm
pretty sure that it was 6x for both WGA and Anytime, and 8x for BS, because it struck me as interesting that in the theoretical new world, that not ony are those tiers lower, but that earnings for WGA and Anytime are the same. Assuming this is what the survey said (and again, I'm pretty sure but don't guarantee I'm not mistaken) I can think of two possible things:
(a) perhaps they are putting out feelers to see if as many people would still use Anytime over WGA for other benefits if there was no FF credit benefit, or
(b) perhaps they are considering doing away with the difference between WGA and Anytime, essentially treating all those buckets like "coach" and working to further differentiate Business Select
Again, this is only speculation from the the survey questions and not worth worrying too much about. But it's interesting to wonder about, nevertheless.
It's clear that imposing change fees on paid tickets but none on award tickets would cause a massive shift to points bookings for less-than-certain trips. Therefore change fees on paid tickets virtually require change fees on award tickets. Southwest is apparently considering laying this foundation in case change fees are imposed later on paid tickets.
If Southwest thought we were upset about RR 2.0, wait until they try to charge change fees on award tickets! We will be very unhappy campers.
Hadn't thought of it that way....interesting! Again, this is all just the curiosity of speculation, and I appreciate that nobody blew this out of proportion. If any of this sort of stuff comes to pass, we'll see and certainly discuss the details then.