Originally Posted by
FrankMorris
In addition, when’s the last time you talked to a business road warrior who fully expects all of those zoom meetings to go away and that they’ll fully resume previous travel? I think fewer elites would be qualifying under the old system, much less the new one. Of course, less business travel means fewer people to compete for upgrades.
My business travel has picked up in Q4 and I fully expect next year to be nearly back to "normal" - it turns out people are HUNGRY for human interaction, so there are a lot more local/regional events happening and registration to attendance rates (%) are MUCH higher than before.
Originally Posted by
carlosdca
Fly as usual, channel your spending to an AA card. Why not?
I value Chase Ultimate Rewards points more than I value higher AA status (than Gold) because of their flexibility in my leisure travel use. I hold Alaska 75K/Emerald, and it provides me anything above Gold I care about on AA. If I want something not covered by those benefits, I have to consider paying for it.