Originally Posted by
TheHorta
Honestly, that's irrelevant (and has been pointed out and discussed in previous threads). It's the fact that you can "achieve" the highest published "Elite Frequent Flyer" status Delta has to offer without having to fly a single mile.
That's little more than a sad irony or a cruel joke. Give Frequent Flyer elite status to the actual flyer. Delta would have to change nothing, but simply add a published tier that makes sense for those who actually Fly Delta Jets.
Originally Posted by
TheHorta
It's so good, nearly 60K people participate. Why would it be a bad thing to have another published tier above DM, using their same calculation methodology? Why would it be a bad thing to not be forced to compete with large herd numbers?
I'm not seeing what deleterious effect such a tier -- one that can't be manipulated by CC spend -- would create.
If someone earns DM without flying or only flying rarely, the rest of the DMs that do fly all the time aren't competing with them because those DMs aren't flying!