Originally Posted by
EXP100
yes the biggest benefit is being taken away albeit slowly.
Highly debateable / individual travel patterns based whether domestic upgrades are the biggest benefit. Most visible, maybe.
But personally, it's #8 or or #9 on the list of status benefits before I get to domestic upgrades as important.
I don't fly transcons. Longest domestic flight I'm ever on is CLT-DEN. MCE is perfectly fine. On the other hand I do fly a lot of international longhauls in Y and partner segments abroad. Domestic upgrades are irrelevant to those, but lots of other benefits are.
Originally Posted by
EXP100
There was a time not to long ago when as an EXP you could count on an upgrade rate of 75%-80% better.
Was that time last year? Because I ran something like 85% success on domestic upgrades last year. (edit to add: with rolling LPs around or less than 250k)
Point is this is hardly a uniform matter.