Originally Posted by
Jensens
i do. But that’s besides the point: The USP of MM from a mileage run perspective has been the two years (cuts the perceived cost of a run tremendously). No longer. Add to that higher thresholds than needed for other *G, and you get less runs. Against that you have to put the doubling of the number of runs of those that will always be loyal to MM. You could say this is an empirical question. Maybe, but in a downturn, with overall less money available for runs and customers shopping around more, I have my doubts this will materialize.
And you have to think whether the amount of people who consider these kinds of things and will decide to go elsewhere for their *G needs will even remotely approach people who simply have M&M because they have M&M and are now much more likely to fly extra because they don't have to try and understand whether a given flight is in M or T, what does that even mean, and how far is Frankfurt from New York anyway?
Originally Posted by
sfoeuroflyer
Question: What happens to the SENs who already have lifetime SEN status? I assume since "lifetime" had a clear meaning when it was conferred, that the lifetime SENs continue to hold that status. Is that assumption correct?
Absolutely no reason why they would try to strip the status.