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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 10:14 am
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graraps
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can't see it changing

Originally Posted by nldogbert
I of course hope that they will not make it too difficult and divide it into those horrible Y-subclasses too drastically.. for example N,T,X,E,S,Q, etc.. and with introduce earnings as little as 125 miles..
Alitalia has started spoiling it for the rest of us. Virtually unrestricted biz class D fare on AZ earns NO F+ miles, and lots of discounted AZ economy fares give just 10% of miles in OK+ (i.e. a whopping 50 miles for domestic Italian flights, 100 for European ones). As both AF and OK don't seem to be taking the "stingy" BA approach, I can only speculate it's AZ's fault.
On the whole I hope and believe that AF will realise that offering minimal miles for cheap fares will turn a lot of people off. Miles cost an airline very little and can bring in quite a bit of incremental revenue, especially from those FFs who normally buy cheap fares but need a walk-up every once in a while.
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