Originally Posted by
Fanjet
People need to stop living in the past. The dynamics of the industry have dramatically changed from "the good ol' days". For starters, oil is trading at about 4-5X as much as it was back then. Banks have used FF programs to generate their profit revenues-- and please, don't act as though none of us haven't taken advantage of the mega-bonus CC offers. More people with higher FF balances does not equal more FF seats being available for redemption. Add on top of that the population increases of this country; and thus, more people flying and being members of FF programs. Welcome to the new reality!!
Ah yes, the mantra of the pro merger brigade: "get over yourselves this is how it is now".
It's not just award seats that's the problem with the "New AA" and you can't blame population increase and CC bonus for all the other 'enhancements' we've been seeing.
Before the merger the pro brigade were telling all and sundry that the naysayers were getting far too worked up about DP and what he may do if he took control. Now that we're seeing the 'enhancements' get announced (you've got to love 10 across in MCE on 777-200s!) we're either being told (effectively) to 'get over ourselves' or that 'all of these changes would have happened anyway' (and there's little evidence for the latter).