Originally Posted by
The Lev
It only eliminates the financial sting for the airline since they can shove you in a crappy Y seat, give you fewer miles, a Y meal, reduce your priority for eUpgrade and provide zero compensation since they can claim that they are "upgrading" you to higher cost Flex.

Absolutely! That's why I specified "financial sting" -- it's still going to be a total bummer being shoved in a crappy Y seat and earning fewer miles while having a worse meal and losing upgrade priority