Originally Posted by
aerosly
Agreed, 100%. I bought Platinum for $99 (I think), and flew a LOT more because of it. I'll be less likely to fly without the status, as I imagine a lot of others will also be. I'm hopeful they recognize that and offer something similar to what they've done in the past... though it may take a lot of us dropping off the books (and buying fewer tickets) for that to happen.
It maybe management realized that purchased status members were costing them more by not having to buy the ancillary revenue extras such as a carryon and assign seating.