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Dec 17, 2017 | 3:27 pm

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WineCountryUA

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Originally Posted by QBK

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Percentage of all flights flown in F/J vs Y.
Percentage of flight miles flown in F/J vs Y.

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To me the miles traveled upgraded is the only meaningful metric and one I have used for years

If I have 3 SFO-LAX (337/500 miles) trips and 3 SFO-ORD (1,846 miles) trips

and all the SFO-LAX are CPUed and none of the SFO-ORD are, I have a 50% flight segment percentage but only 15% mileage percentage
and if none of the SFO-LAX are CPUed but all the SFO-ORD are, I have a 50% flight segment percentage but 85% mileage percentage.
Given on the long flights, I will get more benefits; food, drinks, longer access to entertainment (if desired), more time for rest, .....
The two cases, by flight segments, rank the same but mileage weighted it is a clearer indicator of benefit.

You can easily do this for GPUs, RPUs, ... also.

Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 17, 2017 at 8:39 pm Reason: grammar

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