Originally Posted by
GYEWorldTraveler
Even if you were flying LHR-USA 12 times a year, fares are often around $1,000 so you would pretty much be right there with MQDs. Seems this is targeted at $400 US-Istanbul fares MRers and the rest of the population won't really have any impact at all from this.
Except that MQDs don't include taxes (some are even baked in to the base fare already, will this be calculated?) and other gov fees. Reducing that $1000 quote down 15-30%, especially going to LON. So if I'm flying this 12x a year making Diamond and my spend only reaches Gold, Delta would have to blackmail me with naked photos to stick around.