Originally Posted by jfulcher
Why do people keep insisting that it's just 25% less!?!? If you are going > 500 miles it is. But a lot of us fly Short hauls, and effectively instead of 3000 MQMs for A, F, we would get 1500!! (750*2*2 under the old system) (500*1.5*2). That is HUGE for me, because I flew ATL-JAX in A a decent bit. Now I get 50% less MQMs, it will be really hard to even earn the 75k plat this year.
Thank you for pointing this out. Now I understand where some people are coming from. I never thought about the short hop fliers. I only take 2-3 round trips a yr less than 750 miles and 95% of the rest of the trips are intercontinental. Indeed the short haul flier who is buying A fares and also Y, B, M is getting the shaft with the new plan.
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