Originally Posted by
hhdl
The new status system seems to acknowledge the reality of fortress hubs, by making it relatively more difficult for Dieter in Darmstadt to achieve status compared to Laurent in Lyon. If LH can get Laurent SEN or HON, he's choosing a connection in FRA or MUC over DXB, AMS, CDG, LHR, etc. Conversely, if Dieter loses status, is he going to choose a connection over direct from FRA?
There may well be a shift in the geographic distribution of SENs and HONs.
But more Heiners from Hamburg and Detlefs from Dusseldorf. Their possibilties to earn HON miles were restricted when LH shifted non-FRA/MUC routes to Eurowings, they basically had to buy the expensive fares on EW. Now every fare on EW earns them QPs.
By the way, has there been any official communicaiton which EW fares yield how many QPs?