Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Umm - an EP 1st class passenger earning 40,000 rather than 27,000 - how is that not helping the 1st class passenger
The business class passenger is also earning marginally more than before - it may not be a lot more , but it is still better
That earnings are targetted to spend seems to make sense to me - yes a lot of people will be worse off - but it is wrong to say that all will
FWIW -
While I think your math is correct Dave, to come out ahead, one would need to (almost) exclusively buy business class and first class tickets (or expensive coach).
And maybe that is exactly what AA wants... cut miles to 90%-95% of flyers and give more to the top 5% (or whatever the breakout is).
Safe to say, the vast vast majority of flyers come out worse on the new deal.