Originally Posted by
SchmutzigMSP
The point is: something is nearly always better than nothing. Having a promo (the cake) and being able to reap huge miles from it (eating the cake) would be great, but it seems like you're saying, gee, since this promo didn't work for ME, good riddance. Nevermind the fact that many others have been able to do quite well on it without much effort at all.
On one hand, I agree with you. You do make a good point about promos: they're not for EVERYONE. Some people benefit well from them while for others they are utterly useless. In addition to that, promos are not promised to come along with the WP membership, they are not Elite benefits and we are not entitled to them. I agree with this.
However, we have been spoiled with promos over the years and ALL the other airlines have promos, so despite the fact that we are not entitled to them, they have become expectations. (Some people are more reasonable than others when it comes with expectations.)
Few people have gotten a lot of miles from the Perkology promo. To most of us it has been pretty stingy. (In addition it made me despise the WP Mall, but that's just me.) Another consideration is the fact that Perkology pales in comparison with previous, consderably more generous promos. We are used to promos that reward flying, and something else on the side. This promo was all something else, all about NW desperately trying to boost their non-flying revenue and it had NOTHING to do with NW itself. Flying NW is THE reason why we became WP members.
Having said that, despite the fact that we all would like to have the cake and eat it too and that maybe some of us expect too much from WP promos, I can safely affirm that Perkology sucks.
