Originally Posted by
pdx1M
Actually I'd be amazed if a PQS 1K didn't hit the dollar target. You guys have it the worst. Typically lots of short segments - killer to do. And short segments generally have disproportionately high cpm as you note. I still think the only non MR population that is likely to uniformly have an issue with all this are the folks that do almost all transcons. Those often carry the lowest cpm rates if purchased early while generating the most PQMs.
That's not necessarily so.
For example, and this is the norm from my home airport:
4/7-11/14 Roundtrip AEX>IAH>LGA is $339 PQD and 4 PQS.
4/7-11/14 Roundtrip IAH>LGA using same flights from IAH>LGA as the AEX>LGA is $466 PQD but only 2 PQS.
Full disclosure: I hold the Presidential Plus CC and therefore do not currently have to worry about this.