I'm pretty stunned at this, maybe I'm too naive and should have expected this.

What an incredible devaluation of miles.

I've just given up trying to get upgradeable tix to the US over Christmas and will be flying Y.

The SO and I just purchased enough flights to make Platinum over Christmas and now this happens.

For domestic US travel, NW's great. Huge upgrade possibilities, great agents, competitive prices in all the markets I've travelled in. Doesn't look like they've altered the US domestic awards.

But NW is clearly not geared to the international traveler. I know this is old news to many of you, but it's really just hit me. The int'l upgrading policy is a joke, the award availability is crap, the lack of integration with KLM is laughable. This latest round of devaluations seems clearly aimed to keep NW flyers in the CONUS!

For the first time in 10 years I'm going to seriously consider moving my business elsewhere.