Originally Posted by
Yellowjj
The interesting thing is on one hand Delta implies the medallion ranks are bloated from rollovers and the next hand, is still handing out promotional medallion status like candy.
It is a bit strange, especially with flights being as full as they are. There's no reason to be enticing people to fly more with promotional status. I'd imagine it could be an attempt to drive more Platinum and Reserve card signups, hoping that once someone gets a taste of the Medallion lifestyle they'll sign up for a card to help maintain and grow their status.
But as a PM their handing out FO status doesn't impact me in the slightest.