<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SST:
Yes, such an idea as tieing mileage to fares may surface in the near future, and unless it surfaces at ALL the airlines, whichever one pulls this stunt on us will simply lose all loyalty business.......
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From you, perhaps. Not from me. I fly fully-refundable fares 50% to 75% of the time, typically on 25-cent-per-mile and up domestic fares, and would frankly welcome some acknowledgement of the fact that my 30,000 miles brought United more money than your 100,000 miles (for instance).
And
(to quote a little Slim Shady) there's a million of us just like me. Airlines have got to see that catering to people like that are a win-win. The greatest number of benefits go to those providing the airline the greatest amount of money,
and these are people who fly
less often while spending more, meaning that the total benefits expended on this group will go down.
Let's see ... a system that rewards higher revenues, and lowers costs. And you don't think the majors are headed that way?
Mook