Originally Posted by
dsquared37
The problem with these changes is you have those able to spend their way to status happy about this while those who can't fade away. What happens when your 1K benefits cut get next? And they will get 'enhanced'.
The reason status means less now has less to do with the number of elites (though they do have an impact) and more to do with how this airline is being run. With these recent moves $MI/J has effectively created a wedge issue where the pax throw stones at each other rather than the proper target, $MI/J and the BoD.
Do you really think upgrades are going to come easier now? Do you really think award availability will open? Sorry, you're fooling yourselves if you believe UA's actions over the past 2 years will somehow change because of a small winnowing of elites.
Hard to argue with your logic but we can always hope for the best (at least until we see the worst) At the very least, the new fees should open more award space simply because those that were holding awards and waiting for something better may find that to expensive to do anymore. On the other hand I imagine that 90% of the people that do that are Plat/1K already anyway and we still have no fees so at best, more award space and at worst, no impact