Originally Posted by
irishguy28
Now there's a thought! Seasonality of mileage earning.
Perhaps A3 could be the first airline (that I know of) to offer different (tier) mileage earning depending on the time of year....
Some airlines have this for redemption (charging [slightly] more during peak periods); it might be an idea to offer increased mileage earning for off-peak periods on their own (A3/OA) flights...or at least on a subset of their flights
I actually wouldn't mind! Greece is way better appreciated in the quieter seasons. It baffled me, a tropical islander (Singaporean), when living in the UK, that everyone was milling to go to Southern European in its hottest months. The UK was much nicer during those very same few months, and Greece unbearably warm. Never understood why people didn't go to Greece in the colder months when it was just miserable in Northern Europe.
Originally Posted by
futuramadramallama
Is it possible they could also segment based on country of residence (or rather address of M&B profile)? Some carriers offer a lower set of requirements for certain domiciles, Some even offer an entirely separate program to sidestep optical issues. I don't want to give them any ideas, but if A3 were to mimic these others carriers it would allow them to raise the requirements in M&B for say, non-Greek residents, while allowing Greek residents to retain their privileges. In a way, the optional segment-requirement is somewhat of a "residency-carve-out" but they could segment further.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't usually residency carveouts request for
lower mileages from non-domiciled residents? BA used to have lower requirements for European residents, for example. I don't see why A3 would be especially kinder to Greek residents when they are pretty much the captive market (Greeks have to fly even in the lower seasons), they just need to ensure that they give
enough freebies for them to choose A3/OA over Sky Express at any given moment. I could see an alternative avenue to earning status via just segments alone, though, to placate this market if they had to raise the amount of miles for A3 *S and *G.