Originally Posted by
kubees
I ponder if AC is going after people like me. I want to try Starlux F out of LAX or whatever next but if AC can suppress demand for SS (which by the way, one can still redeem their way into SS anyway as I'm sure you know if they pay more points) then they might improve the experience enough for me to fly them over an F product.
I don't know. I still don't think AC has done enough to win my business exclusively but I'm still processing.
Agreed on the SS access point: I can say for sure that there are plenty of 3k (one whole order of magnitude lower!) TATL J fares available that give access to the SS. I can fly YYZ-LIM later in the year and access the SS for even less than that. I doubt redemptions alone are the reason why the SS is full. The SS as it stands is a selling point (I chose AC on my last trip in part because it was the same price but had the SS) and it can definitely be improved so that AC can try to charge a higher fare premium. But the fact is that AC J is not that expensive a product and is far from becoming one for at least a while yet.