Originally Posted by
shoodawg
The MM boost was a brilliant move by Delta, which virtually insures loyalty amongst the MM census, for very little cost to Delta, especially in terms of RUC and GUC, I believe. I think we all know that free upgrades will continue to be less and less available due to buy-ups and FCM. Delta simply chose to give many millions of non-MM elites the illusion of premium status for another year or two or three.
maybe you’re speaking for yourself, but as a 2 million miler, nothing, Delta did yesterday changed my buying habits. I don’t automatically, buy Delta because I have status and they love me.
Unlike a lot of you, I didn’t have to realize that I had been granted free agency. 😂 I have always known they were lots of other airlines. I’m sure some of you will now go back to only looking at delta.com because Delta loves you but the truth is they don’t (it’s an airline it’s incapable of love) and if you slavishly, give your money to Delta without doing any other research on other options, don’t blame Delta
as someone who now has platinum status and doesn’t have to do anything to get it this actually makes me probably less likely to book Delta. They just flooded the ranks. I think this just made want 1st buy 1st more important and so I will be checking all carriers on a flight when I would like to have first. For example, flying to California last month I wanted first so i booked on American. basically the same service $300 cheaper than Delta’s first. (and I honestly I really dislike American but flying Delta made no sense)