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Old Dec 13, 2002 | 9:57 am
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Mook
 
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cigarman:
UnofficialDLHelper, Nice not really aplicable senerio for most PM. Try this one, and tell me how I get in FC 100% of the time like I have been on DL and CO,NW.
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If you think CO and NW aren't, at most, 12 months away (and maybe only days away) from mirroring UA, AA, and now DL's policies regarding F upgrades for high-level elites, you have a blind spot the size of a Mack truck in your thinking.

Do you really think CO and NW would be so eager to have Delta join their alliance otherwise?

It is very possible for a Platinum to spend $10,000 or less on 90 CO or NW segments (to re-qualify for Plat) and ride on almost every one of them in the F cabin. That corresponds to an average $444 ticket price for a first-class RT. Nice, but simply not sustainable.

You might as well get that wallet warmed up, cigarman, 'cause the death knell is sounding on the days of buying 100% discounted coach and flying 100% F.

Mook

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