Originally Posted by
billnye97
Well it actually works out better for me. I fly CLE-LGA and then LGA-CLE every week. Right now I get 1750 miles being Platinum. With my fare this week (without taxes) I would get 4644 with my $516 fare. Pretty good for me. The only thing I worry about is more devaluation in the redemption area.
I understand for everyone else it pretty much sucks though.
Over on the DL forum, they found it seems to favor those who purchase more expensive tix, > 20 cpm net of taxes. Probably helps those who buy expensive short-haul tix and of course, those purchasing F/biz class tickets. Anything less, expect to earn fewer miles.
DL took a lot of heat for this, including a WSJ article saying that this incentivizes those who purchase their tickets later because those are the most expensive. Probably true but if misery loves company, DL has to be feeling pretty good right now.