Originally Posted by
Southlondonbonviveur
My initial conclusions from all of this is that short and long sectors have seen an improvement, whereas medium sectors such as MAD and VIE are now worse off as there is, frankly, no difference between short and medium, as far as I can tell. Seeing as most of my routes are the medium sectors, I consider that the overall experience is now distinctly worse than before. That's a real shame. I think the previous banding system was better (I would say that).
Agree with you and those echoing the same thoughts. Unfortunately, most of my flying is on former band 3 routes that have been downgraded to medium, and indeed, I share your impression of feeling 'short changed'.