Originally Posted by HeelLaw
The thing I find bizarre is anyone who cares enough to encourage or discourage voting in this. It's like they gain personal redemption if NW does (or does not do) well.
Agreed.
Although almost 100% of my flying is done on Northwest, I'm not going to vote for them. With 04-05's award devaluation, placement of CRJs on hub-to-hub and former mainline routes, decreased amenities in F, increased difficulty in upgrading, and an overall lack of response to most other mainline programs improving their elite programs, why would I?
Of course, why would I vote for any of the Big Six? The only one that made true strides this year was AA, and that's only because of their enhancement (actual enhancement, not the NW/CO definition) of the EXP level. Of course, I'm not even an AAdvantage member, I don't fly 100,000 miles per year, and I live in almost unchAArted territory for American - Minny and Milwaukee (how's that for your proverbial three strikes?).
So I'm not going to vote this year. If I did vote for NW, though, it'd be a lot like my choice in the recent election - begrudgingly, and only because I liked the other guy(s) even less.