Originally Posted by
nkedel
I think there is a very good likelihood that some major devaluation of lower-tier elite status will happen... whether or not the merger happens.
Well, you are by nature a contrarian (from your profile: AA PLT 1MM, in the vicinity of SFO
).
I'm guessing that if the merger falls through, AA will not want to rock the boat with major FF devaluations, since they will clearly be in third place among the major legacies in terms of both size and routes. What would attract new flyers to them in that case? And why scare off existing ones?