Originally Posted by hazzey
Or the frequent fliers are out of touch with just how much the no-status passengers are willing to put up with.
Only time will tell.
No status customers don;t have to fly a specific airline. If airlines operating aircraft with more room, be it airbus or boeing can sell a seat at the same price, many will choose more room. As a Plat I put up with some incovenience to maintain my staus and keep flying the same airline. For me, it may be time to quit chasing status, go for comfort and fly less. We have over 2 million miles and have used over a million and half. It's becoming more difficult to use the miles. Accumulating miles by doing mileage runs is becoming less atarctive to me. People like me would go for comfort even if a seat costs a bit more as total annual cost will still be less when we don't do the extra mileage runs needed to maintain the status.