Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: AS 100k, BA GGL, UA 1k, DL DM, AC SE, B6 Mosaic4, Hyatt/Hilton/Wyndham/IHG Diamond, Marriot Ti
Posts: 1,961
Feels like the third deval this year all under the name of merging the programs. I've been successfully conditioned now, anytime there is an announcement about one more incremental step towards integrating the programs, to also expect another devaluation in the form of negative category changes. At what point do they just copy the Hilton program entirely and get rid of an award chart so they can devalue all award rates without making a formal announcement every few months? They already stole the United blueprint on how to botch a merger, the World of Hyatt playbook on how to botch a loyalty program relaunch, so Hilton-like changes don't seem that far off anymore. All that's left is to add in basic-economy rooms where there's restricted warm water and A/C use and you have to pay if you didn't bring a blank magstripe card for them to code the room to.