FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Rapid Rewards devaluation coming April 17, 2015
Old Feb 12, 2015, 1:35 pm
  #11  
FindAWay
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: AA EXP, DL-Plat, WN-CP | Hotels: Choice-Gld, IHG-Plt, Rad-Gld, HH-Dia, Hyatt-Glob, Marriott-LtPlt
Posts: 2,889
Originally Posted by LegalTender
What "other factors" are even possible?
Other factors could include whether booked online or over the phone. Whether the person booking has A-List/A-List Preferred status. Etc.

Originally Posted by LegalTender
Where the points are already completely linked to cash value, a devaluation should not happen. This is just the company saying, “Sorry, there are too many points out there and we’re going to confiscate XX% of your points in April.”
+1. ^ As I said with the first RR 2.0 devaluation:

Originally Posted by FindAWay
It is WN's destruction of our faith in the stability of the system that causes the most angst.
FindAWay is offline