Originally Posted by
airzim
As a GS flyer that spends lots of money on United, I'm very pleased with this change.
Not only are the rewards now better for me, this will weed out the mileage inflation for lower tiers flyers, and allow me to use these miles for more redemption tickets and upgrades.
The airlines have known for years this had to be done. I'm happier that DL and UA are ripping off the band aid rather than dragging this out over multiple years.
Lol, good luck with that. You think UA is going to offer a better, different airline for you because you're GS? You're just a 1K who spends way too much money on UA (instead of higher quality options) in exchange for a very marginal set of extra benefits - the lifespan of which is subject to change at any moment.
I guess I could be a GS too if I was successful pushing the spend of my $500k+ customers to UA - except they only spend money on BA, CX, SQ, AF and to a small degree, AA and DL, although we've gotten a few folks hooked on the B6 Mint product for their domestic hops...they just don't see any value in the UA product even when SQ and BA are more money for the same ticket.
If you're spending north of 30k per year on UA and it's your own money, I have to ask why...