Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: IB+ Gold, TK E+, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LTP, IHG Diamond
Posts: 14,182
Winter is almost always soft for TATL. Too much capacity, but if the mainline airlines park aircraft, the market will just go to the LCCs like Norwegian.
And since nobody with a clue would spend 45K miles for a $300 flight, it makes sense to run some mileage discounts.