Originally Posted by hazelrah

It occurs to me that one of the unintended (intended) consequences of the migration to a revenue based system is that it frees managements' hands with respect to discount fares ,i.e. there is no FFer tail.

So hypothetically there could be a lot more $199.00 JFK -LAX promo fares (for instance) with $100-$200 FC buy-ups targeted at kettles. These fares won't be used as much by elites/runners 'cause of the low spend.

So rejoice not at the prospect of elite ranks thinning, your FC seat/the seat next to you may be filled by a kettle.