May be the bean counters in AS management have figured out that they can make more money selling cheapo basic economy fares to the masses who fly 2-3 times year, than trying to retain the loyalty of the much smaller crowd of elite flyers who easily spend $10K to $30K a year per person. Hence they thought why even showering that smaller crowd of elite flyers with benefits like U upgrades, They see the math, not me.

i have mentioned in other threads that I have retained G75K for 2019, but I have already shifted a lot of my flying to DL and made GM this year. Earning sky pesos and their upgrade process sucks, but they have a much better network including international routes, FA who also smiles, great seat back IFE system, and a much better PE cabin. With their expansion in SEA, that really gives us SEA-based flyers an alternative to consider, With the constant devaluation of the MP, I am pretty sure it will come down to the sky peso level within a year or two. When that happens, why do we even bother to maintain status at AS?