Originally Posted by DHAST
Effrem,
I have one question for you... isn't it fiscally responsible for a company to require you to use award miles on company travel that were gained by flying on company paid travel? Why or why not? Presuming that you fly enough to care about airline related marketing tools, doesn't elite status in and of itself achieve the same goal about encouraging future behavior? At the level of flying I do, the base miles are inconsequential. It's the elite perks that actually get my feet and butt on an airplane.
You're right in that it sucks to have the rules of the ball game changed at the 7th inning stretch, but, as is anything with life, the only constant in life is change.
I couldn't care less if it's "fiscally responsible" or not.
It might be "fiscally responsible" for a company to use milk crates for office furniture, limit bathroom breaks to 5 minutes every 8 hours and make me pay for my own staples. Guess what? I'm not going to work there! Same goes for my FF miles. If a company tries to pull that nonsense, I am gone and I'm pretty darn good at what I do.
As to airline employees in premium cabins... You want to pay like we do, great you're welcome to the product too. Otherwise, after all paying passengers have been accommodated, either in paid fares or upgraded with the appropriate currency (miles, points, etc), then airline employees are also welcome in the premium cabin. No arguments there. Employees in premium cabins over paying passengers (not complimentary upgrades)? I will avoid any airline that has this policy. Delta, Northwest and Continental all have BS rules that favor non-rev travel in international business over paying passengers willing to pay miles or certificates to upgrade. Consequently, the Sk***am Alliance gets about 20% or less of my annual travel.
