Originally Posted by
mapleg
Agreed. No one, and I obviously include myself, should just blindly buy tickets to a destination on the basis of brand/loyalty.
I would disagree, as this was the intention of AC when introducing AC-metal/codeshare only AQD.
There must many people out there (especially OPM) who blindly book AC because of the AQD requirement for SE. If this behaviour hasnt happened, it would be a major fail for AC beancounters.