Originally Posted by bocastephen
I would be careful about jumping to NWA until you know for sure they won't join the EQM bandwagon themselves. They just stopped awarded full credit for discounted DL tickets and I know there are some sweaty palms over at the NW board.
My suggestion is ignore the CO news for now, and let's see what kind of pressure DL puts on everyone with their big announcement this week. It is bound to stir up the pot and require a competitive response from other carriers...including CO, unless they are busy drinking their fancy kool-aid.
NW dropping the EQM on DL was to come in line with DL's policy. I guess they got tired of giving NW elites more for flying on DL than DL elites flying on DL were getting.
It is true that NWA MIGHT switch to 50% EQM at some point on some fares. We do not know that. NW also matched CO with 50% EQM on CO operated flights. I don't see NWA in a rush to give 50% EQM to their own elites on their own planes. NWA does seem to be the more customer friendly of the three.