Originally Posted by
SleepOverGreenland
You may not know PPB, right? PPB is of some importance for LH, since it serves as the customer binding programm for all small and medium companies. Decision makers in those companies may let their staff fly around with PPB airlines (most *A carriers) to collect PPB miles. Those decision makers with or without status may want to use those PPB miles from time to time and may look for F awards or F upgrades. If this option disappears it could be a boomerang.
But in general I agree. F award/upgrade availability should be hold for those, who collect miles in the air (direct via status miles and indirect via PPB miles)and not with reading 14 Handelsblatt (or do the Coop run).
What's wrong with the Coop run? Got me the missing miles for an award in F on NH (wasn't to tempted to chose LH...) :-)
But I agree, LH should value those who earn them the hard way. I very much like the new concept of SQ from September - they are tying status to actual revenue earned - which is very smart.
I can become SEN for 4.000 EUR and I can miss it although LH earned more than 10.000 EUR - a new mission for Michelle... :-) :-: