I dont like this plan here. If there are any areas of travel still reserved for the well off, frequent transpacs are the last frontier. Most everyone from a 10 yearold to a 100 year old who crosses the pacific frequently is an elite member. This system will lead to lots of angry elite members who will be stuck in economy for a long time. Of course it is the ft's who the airlines want to keep and since the asia routes by their sheer length are where fts are most common