Originally Posted by climmy
Although much has been discussed in this forum ad nausea, in preparation for the meeting with CO’s top officials in April, I decided to perform a little case study of my own. My case study centered on the costs and benefits of being a top tier elite with any given [major] airline.
The airlines should remove number of miles flown as a criteria for elite, and combine it with some formula using dollars paid for fares. EUA should have a data base that lists some combination of cents per mile paid and dole out upgrades on that basis. I would have no problem upgrading a Silver who paid $3,000 in fares for his 25,000 miles, over a Plat who paid $2,999 for his 75,000 miles. But, I havent put much thought into how and what the limits would be. With $48 a barrell oil, miles alone is an overrated milestone to determine who gets upgraded