Originally Posted by
PaulInTheSky
Three major devaluations in a day:
1. SkyClub Membership Access rules. AMex Card holders and SkyClub members are not allowed to access the lounge. --> Canceled the AMex cards last year. Now even less incentive to go back to AMex
2. Upgrade elimination on D1 routes. Stingy upgrade instruments provided to PMs and DMs.
3. Fuel Surcharges on DL awards out of US
1. Sky Club access rules for me (Amex Platinum holder) aren't changing.
2. D1 domestic upgrades were never free (F upgrades on those routes were); D1 upgrades by RUC were something I found preferable to free F upgrades. And come April, domestic D1 upgrades will again be free.
3. On my last TATL mileage ticket, I paid taxes and government fees, no fuel surcharge.