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Oct 13, 2019 | 8:25 pm

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Kacee

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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer

do they want customers that flies long distances on very cheap tickets (they kind UA is lowering benefits for), I'm not so sure.....

This is total myth. I'm sure AS will be delighted to pick up pax who spend $18k per year flying 75,000 miles BIS on less than 54 segments.

When PQD were introduced, we talked about "low spend" flyers being those below 8 cents per mile or so, and an18 cpm BIS flyer was "an HVF" who would clear the original $10k PQD threshold with ease.

Now those who seek to justify UA's new rules are calling 25 cpm (BIS) tickets "very cheap."

Last edited by Kacee; Oct 13, 2019 at 8:30 pm

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