Originally Posted by bocastephen
I wouldn't put any water in that glass...this is speculation from one poster who is not an insider, with no evidence to back it up. Until I see some evidence the poster knows what they're talking about, I just dont see anything bad happening, especially as the airline in question did a double EQM promo to stop the poaching of its elite customers by United....to turn around and screw those same customers it worked so hard to retain, would result in a violent response that would rival what USAir suffered when it tried to bamboozle its customers a few years ago.
Now, a merger announcement in that timeframe...that would be different
But, the merger has already begun
. See confirmation in the following thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503545
Additionally, I find it hard to beleive that if NW is going to announce its 2006 FF program the weekend of January 28th, that won't be some kind of announcement by Larry at the January 28th afternoon Q & A. He will then have the barbeque to defend any changes, plus or minus.