Quick analysis shows that most UA redemption amounts, as well as *A in economy, are the same or have only modest (up to 20% increases), which is probably OK/expected and par with "miles inflation".
*A redemption in J/C has increases around 30-40%.
The real hit is of course LH, TG, OZ, NH F awards which are up anywhere from 50 to 90%. Because why not?
(To be fair, we all knew 70K SFO-FRA-NRT LH F awards couldn't last. But increasing it to 130K is...tyrannical.)
Suddenly BA Exec Club's distance based program seems a lot more attractive!
Last edited by DWFI; Nov 1, 2013 at 12:48 am