Originally Posted by
iflyjetz
But let's examine the airline industry. Delta's been using $ spent for several years. United will join next January. That makes two airlines. Please provide a third example.
Southwest since 3/01/11. Tier-qualifying points (with a couple minor exceptions) are based on spend and fare class.
That's 3 of the 4 biggest airlines having a spend component starting in January, up from zero several years ago. Not a happy trend