Originally Posted by
bse118
So...lol...I actually wrote in and complained about the lack of a physical membership card. Here's the first part of the response I got back:
"We made a commitment to reduce our carbon footprint and no longer send out Executive PlatinumŽ membership cards"
So it's greenwashing, is it? I mean aside from the absurdity of a global airline trying to reduce it's carbon footprint by eliminating a few plastic cards compared to say...the fuel consumption of it's operations on a daily basis, if you are going to eliminate a plastic card: how about you eliminate the useless one (the luggage tag) and keep the one that has use in certain situations?
Just tell me it's a cost-saving measure. I'd be less annoyed with that than a blatantly laughable greenwash.
It's definitely majorly overstating the impact, but it isn't false. There's objectively less plastic being used.
Also the vast majority of people either throw them out or put them in a drawer. I've never used mine in 10+ years as EXP. There are some partner lounge cases that have been reported, but they're all from years ago.