Originally Posted by ILUVCITIBANK
Upgrademe, you apparently disagree, but given the relative "weight" of the two previous posters before me (mileking and gleff), who I hold in very high regard w/ respect to opinions on ff programs, you are fighting a fight that's long been over. When these two posted agree and make the comment they both do about Continental's program, its a slam-dunk.
Again, this fight has long since been over - Nonepass is known to be the worst affinity program for anyone *except* top-tier Onepass elites, who have special inventory, waivers and favors. You know - this is where AA apparently is headed w/ their milesaaver program.
In my opinion, "long been over" strikes me as cavalier, given the Freddy award ranking and the loyalty of the fliers. When I booked two standard BF awards in May for travel over the Christmas / New Year period I made a point to look at availabilty without enterring my Platinum account and there were dates from both EWR and IAH to AMS that I considered prime. As the one poster wrote, and you discounted completely, there is award availability. Additionally, isn't the idea of reaching the highest level of elite to be rewarded?