When everyone is hungry, no one is hungry .... let them eat cake!
Originally Posted by
SJC ORD LDR
It's simpler because because even more people will have no status and there is no need to segregate by status.
Originally Posted by
DrMilano
I’m not sure how Delta is preserving revenue with this program change, as the $25,000 AmEx waiver is worthless now at either 2,500 MQD (Reserve conversion) or 1,250 MQD (DL AmEx conversion). This will result in a decrease of Delta selling Skymiles to AmEx, as this income had very little cost (high profit margin) to Delta unlike operating an airline.
There will be a lot of people who will have to decide between seriously ramping up spend or just voting to spend on a visa card -
CapitalOne @ 2x miles is better and better
Read my analysis from a while ago that I finally posted here on cost of getting miles
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/capi...urrencies.html
Originally Posted by
FlyingBeanCounter
I do actually think once this nonsense settles down most DL fliers will still be DL fliers. UA and AA pulled this nonsense. No one moved.
Those Platinum's that were scraping by on discount fares and the credit card spend are not even close to profitable for DL.
True that most are captive to hubs.
But DL now seems to reward high spenders as much if not more, whether on card or on a flight - with the ratio being 10x more value for flights than DR card and 20x more than a DL platinum card.
And honestly, they are now rewarding my booking hotels through them - I guess they are more profitable as a travel agent than as an airline
Originally Posted by
beachmouse
I don’t try to outright game the system but I know the rules and procedures and knew how to work the old system in my favor.
There will be enough ways to game the new system - I have already advised my friend to just hit DM every other year and enjoy benefits
Originally Posted by
steveholt
The attitude expressed here that this is some fly-by-night "$60K MBA" making these decisions on a lark is just naive, I'm sorry.
Quite a lot of $1M CEOs and important govt agencies and banks ran this country to the ground by 2007
- just because you earn more does not mean you really understand what you are doing