Originally Posted by
Herb687
This makes zero sense. People have not been buying upgrades because they didn't earn LPs? Now all the sudden people are going to buy upgrades in order to earn a currency that can only be used to achieve "status" - status that moves you higher up an upgrade list for comp upgrades that you will no longer be on???
Originally Posted by
WannaTheater
Not to pile on, but my company policy does not reimburse for anything other than Main on domestic flights. If I was to pay for upgrade, it would be out of my own pocket... which I will not do as I've done pretty well with the upgrade lottery this year.
I don't know that it makes zero sense. Some of my clients only allow economy/premium economy travel within the US, and I am definitely more likely to buy-up to first given that the spend now counts towards LPs. To me, status (and LPs for that matter) is not only about complimentary domestic upgrades. At the same time, I tend to agree this isn't likely to move the needle much. Time will tell.