Originally Posted by
3Cforme
The "fly more" reference was related to the EQPs. I stated that if one earned status using the EQPs -- based on paying premium fares and thus earning a COS bonus not applied to EQMs -- you had to fly fewer in-seat miles to earn status than if you only qualified under the EQM or EQS measures. And with the EQP measure most discounted economy fares earn 50% credit. So again, those paying higher fares -- ergo having a higher spend -- can achieve their status with fewer in-seat miles. Thus AA currently uses a revenue-based formula, albeit not the one adopted by DL and now proposed for UA.