Originally Posted by
NathanJ
Regarding a devaluation of airline miles, I do agree. Although the extent I think will be largely impacted by what Southwest does. I feel this devaluation will happen as they try and push customers towards upgrading seats or purchasing items from their online shopping malls.
Or, like DL, they could have 3 tiers of awards and just not have any seats at the lowest level. Look at the award calendar on some routes and it's solid yellow (approximately twice the mileage cost) or worse. Quite a stealth devaluation, really.