Originally Posted by
stimpy
OK, BAEC the FFP has made changes which make it pretty much impossible to attain top elite status for anyone who doesn't spend a huge amount of money in premium travel. It is a brilliant FFP for top elites and that is where you have the most glaring differences with FB. I'm not so sure what differences there are for non-elites.
Not sure I get your point.
- You don't like a FFP because it is hard to reach top elite status.
- You like a FFP that grants top elite status very easily, like FB on segments, eventhough there is hardly any benefit to be top elite (plats get very little). Is that a sociological status stuff?
It seems consistent that an airline which offers attractive benefits to its top elites reserve this status to those customers who really contribute to their bottom line. But I can sense the FB egalitarian attitude that everyone should get similar treatment. Unfortunately that treatment recently got from bad to worse.
PS1: I was taking the example of a lowly BAEC Silver which does not require that much to qualify. You qualify with two RT CDG-JFK (one via LHR) in deep discount biz.fare.
PS2: If you compare the results for non-status members in my example post #101, the ratio remains the same. Non-status members earn twice less miles in both programs (no 100% bonus).
A Blue EC member needs 10 paid trips in cheap Y to earn a J award, while an Ivory FNB needs 66.6 trips.