Originally Posted by
CMK10
SFO-BWI for next week at $774. ($742 without taxes). Outbound in W inbound in Q. Currently a 1K is going to earn 10,654 miles. New scheme, they earn 8,162.
A 1K friend of mine (whether you believe he exists or not) commutes between SFO and WAS two or three times a month last minute, he and I crunched these numbers.
This is a perfect example. You'd think that $742 is a pretty healthy fare for this route. Isn't the 1K who flies this twice per month a bread-and-butter high-value customer that United cares about?