Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
Interesting point raised.
How many 4 MM+ flyers are out there? Is the number making a significant impact? Are the 4MM+ companions all flying a lot to actually taking benefits away from the 1Ks and PPs in a material manner? How about Chairman’s Circle?
Just a hunch, but I don't think that 4MM companions taking benefits away from 1K's and PP's is what UA is targeting. But, it feeds the narrative that UA is a benevolent corporation that cares more about its current spenders than it does about the lower-spending +1's of its current spenders.
I suspect that the real reason for the change is because the spreadsheet jockeys came up with some obscene number that the 1MM companion benefits of PP/1K/GS were costing UA, and how much they could save by downgrading the 1MM companion benefit.
It also could be a trial balloon to see how much blowback they get from 1MM'ers. I don't expect them to reverse course. But, if the spreadsheet jockeys determine that the revenue from 1MM'ers and their companions drops over the next 2-3 years, it might convince UA to put down their hatchet and leave the 2MM+ crowd alone.