Originally Posted by
kokonutz
Right. It seems like it all comes down to the redemption revisions.
DL could make high rev pax winners in the new system. Or they could make everyone losers.
Which is why I, for one, am waiting for the dust to settle before reacting to DL's moves.
Patience isn't alway a virtue.
DL's going to also make high rev pax losers in the new system by hitting us all on the redemption side.
Miles earned from non-flights have to be devalued too -- for DL management to hits its unit targets -- and those miles aren't segregated from miles earned from flights for purposes of being used for mileage tickets.
DL's got no current intention of increasing the availability of award seats at the lowest mileage price level, even for those relatively endangered whales who manage to earn 75k miles/ticket.
If it were otherwise, I'd not be so critical of DL on this matter.
Given the bloggers have credit cards to peddle, the shift to substitute earning more miles from credit cards than from flights is probably in the narrow self-interest of the bloggers that peddle credit cards; however, the pursuit of narrow self-interest in the short-term isn't what drives everyone on every issue -- not even all bloggers.