Originally Posted by
channa
And when corporate travel departments got wind of TWA's methodology of rewarding customers for dollars spent, corporate travel dept. quickly prohibited their employees from flying on TWA. TWA no longer exists, so the rest is history.
Exactly. I don't know why people keep suggesting that frequent flyer program tier achievments be measured by spend. In any event, all carriers already recognize spend my awarding bonus EQM's and RDM's for the purchase of high fare classes.