<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RobOnLI:
Looks like Silver & possibly Gold elite just became USELESS at Northwest.
Now that Platinums can upgrade a companion at the 5 day EUA window, there will be no 'F' seats available for EUA and probably very few P seats available at the airport for upgrades.
Sorry Gold & Silver elites.
Of course, I don't know what percentage of platinum travelers normally travel with a companion.
-RM</font>
I don't know what the distribution of elites is, but I conjecture 1:2:3::PE:GE:SE
If the first class cabin with 16 seats is full with the FC population reflecting the distribution of elites, which might not be the cae on every flight, the we have 2-3 PE 5-6 GE and the rest silver. On trunk routes there will be moe plats. There are plats who don;t purchasemany full fare tickets. So I think this brow beating is not necessary. Finacial health of the company is good for employee moral, which means hapier FA's. I think this is a very smart move on part of NW.