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Old Mar 1, 2015, 7:49 am
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flyerUSA
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by Sez_Who
I assumed this was a zero sum game which shifted more RDM’s to those who pay the most. Apparently you know more so can you please provide a source that says DL is awarding less miles overall?
I would love to see their internal accounting but I'm sure that data is confidential.

But the overall cutback is obvious.

Why would you assume zero sum? their CEO has given many interviews where he said the program must have cut backs. He didn't say we need to reconsider who gets the miles. He said we need to give out less. And as you can see here, even diamonds are getting less generally speaking. There are still a few (naive? no offense) folks on here who don't get it and think they are coming out around the same as they used to, but they simply aren't, as a group.
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