FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Increased Pricing for partner MP Awards April 2024
Old May 4, 2024 | 10:14 am
  #116  
cfischer
FlyerTalk Evangelist
50 Countries Visited
3M
80 Nights
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, AS MVP Gold, MR LTT, HH Dia, IHG Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 37,231
Originally Posted by jsloan
I’m just saying, that’s essentially what has happened — people are reporting prices that are 2-3x what they were when the last charts were introduced. When it was done in smaller chunks, people seemed less irritated. Personally, if I have to choose between prices that increase steadily year over year, or jump up every five years, I’ll take the latter. We essentially got four years of stability that was quite surprising.
The problem is, this is not the first increase since the charts went away. These are not jumps after 5 years of stability. Even if it was 5 years, the annualized rate for a 2-3x is quite an inflation! Going back to last published charts and 5 years we are looking at 3-4x in some cases. Didn't know UA was headquartered in Argentina ... the % per year is staggering.
cfischer is offline