There's two ways of looking at this, depending on what ticket prices were before this change.
If the lowest price previously didn't exist, it's better than before, they just introduced a new non-upgradeable super-saver.
If the middle price didn't exist before the change, then the "old" saver became more expensive or lost upgrade value, depending on how you look at it.
Going on the prices I've seen so far, it seems the latter happened. What are others' experiences?