Originally Posted by
Sean Peever
I believe the real question should be why is it so low?
From a business point of view it makes absolutely no sense to grant AC status to someone who may potentially do as little as 5%-10% of their flying with AC.
And while 10,000 / 5 segments is IMHO acceptable for 25k status, when you are looking at 100K status I feel it should be more in the range of 40,000 / 40 segments.
I agree.
I have previously asked a similar question why a person who flew 50K AQM ("Status Miles" or "Q" miles) wholly and exclusively on AC is less desirable in AC's view than someone who flew a total of 100K AQM of which only 10K on AC metal?
The 100K is offered superior perks than the 50K and yet the revenue contribution is likely to be less than the 50K. Is Altitude about "loyalty" to Star Alliance rather than the sponsoring airline AC?