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Getting back to the initial point of this thread, DL is warning that they will miss revenue expectations when they report next quarter and for the year.
But they also did state that "premium travel" was not contributing to that shortfall.
Based on these two statements, why would they just reduce FCM offers? They are having problems getting people into the rear 2/3 of the plane in the first place, so this should not have any correlation to FCM offers as that revenue bucket is "premium".
I am sure like most corporate defined terms, "premium travel" is a "living" term that evolves as it becomes convenient to support a narrative. While most people would expect that this would mean purchasing F and C+ seats, it might be broad enough to include all medallion customers (regardless of booking class, since they are considered premium customers and can use the premium TSA lines), people that book a certain % of trips in premium cabins, even if they didn't purchase a seat in a premium cabin for a trip and even travelers on certain corporate accounts.