Originally Posted by
bubbashow
I think the midwest segment flyers that spend $1K a week on 1000 MQM will be the one's that will benefit under this program. I think if someone can show a $25,000 spend on only 25,000 mqms, there will be leeway and a judgement call that can be made to put them into a higher-level.
Hopefully so....they are the folks keeping DL going....not the jacka$$ flying RT 12 times to Istanbul on a $520 fare.
1. DL offered the $520 fare. People bought it. And then DL considers those people jacka$$?
2. Midwest flyers pay $1k on 1000MQM not because they are loyal to DL. They have to because they are hub captive, or DL provides the only non-stop where they need to go. There's no need to reward them. They will continue to fly DL even if DL cancels the entire loyalty program.
3. Those $520 buyers are more loyal because those markets have lots of competitions, and they can easily switch carrier. You may argue that DL doesn't want them anyway, but if so, why did DL offer the $520 fare in the first place?