Originally Posted by
Stil
Yes, you are so right!
I don't know what happened to *A from the beginning of my flying days as SK Gold until today? It was truly something to aspire to! Being invited to Fulham football matches with nice F&B on the house and other cool events. Plenty of recognition and upgrades... Those were the days hehe
SK doesn't even provide lounge for their own at outstations.
The only reason I know my accruel on AC is because I have learned the hard way while flying them extensively.
If I fly LH I have to use compression bags to fit a change of clothes :-)
The list goes on...
I have to say from *A being the big brother, the tables has for sure turned!
(besides lounge access in the US which is still a royal pain in the but)
thats what happen when a player goes too big and get leading position on the market , stop innovating and start acting like customers are captive
One member of the alliance starts to do sh*t , others are waiting and watching , as soon as they realise its good for them in terms of benefits then they decide to copy and soon a bad apple becomes an industry standard
star alliance gold is useful to have due to number of members and their extensive network while skyteam elite plus is good to have cause of the standardization of benefits with skypriority , (for one world Sapphire // Emerald its another story and i cant comment on it due to lack of knowledge)
i am FB member , while i am amongst first to recognize when they are doing bad things , i am also really lucid to recognize that grass isnt greener elsewhere before complaining .
Frankly speaking the decision AFKL FB took few years ago to get rid of status miles and replace with XP means that to keep my status i dont need to worry anymore about how much miles my booking class is earning based on whatever madness the partner airline decide to create