Originally Posted by
percysmith
Standard hasn't really devalued much. An East Coast R/T J goes from 145k to 175k AM, and First from 220 to 250k. I've seen worse devaluations.
It's the introduction of Choice and Tailored that's the kicker for us. We've been told this is CX's way to introduce dynamic pricing - not by Delta "this is the price" approach but by releasing differentiated availability into each bucket.
If current practices are extrapolated then Tailored and Choice will be avaiable from very early onwards and Standard only very last minute (or earlier during very low load periods).
Where does partners fit into all this? Well, partners currently rank below AM own standard, and anything available to partner is available to AM. Unless AM can negotiate differentiated reimbursement rates with partners, they're going to see even lower availability than before not-close-in as CX tries to flog them as Choice or Tailored. Maybe partners will still get a look-in, but it will be as close as if not closer than current close-in availability.
Hmm... so currently what does an AM person see at 355 or 360 out for say JFK to HKG or HKG to JFK when normally at least we with AA or avios would see 5J (if they were left) at 333 or 355 out.
Do you even see any 5J now post notice last week? If they basically allow only 2 call them cheap rates to partners except at the last minute, I think then truly I will be out of the points game and will redeem what I have left since unless I want a divorce, having 2 and 1 F is not going to fly.