<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by andymo99:
Come 2004, Bert's decision of whether to choose more comfortable air travel or more comfortable hotel stays will be made for him. Paying up for K+ fares will no longer be enough to upgrade consistently, so Bert might as well buy insULTs and transfer that budget to better hotels.</font>
andymo99;
We will see. I believe that DL will make some changes to the program and that I will continue next year in a very similar manner to the last several years, nearly 100% upgrade success. If the price of F continues its downward trend I may find myself buying discounted F fares to some markets, and then upgrades become a moot point (thank you AirTran).
Anyway, I am very satisfied with the Hampton Inns and other similar price point brands. Since I am generally only there long enough for the 4 S's, I don't see myself making a change regardless of what happens at DL.