Gee, you don't happen to work for an airline, do you?
All this is going to do is push people toward the discount carriers at a time when no carrier can afford to lose business.
I honestly don't know what your beef is with mileage runners or those who somehow earn their status on the cheap but it seems extremely petty and directed towards only a tiny percentage of the population. I sincerely hope that USAir and any other airline that adopts this policy ends up filing for Chapter 7. After all, the whole world with be WN as far as most of us are concerned.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FT wannabe:
Maybe US Air finally figures out the math they can cut 37% customer (which translate to a much lower percentage of revenue) and 37% capacity and still come out ahead...
For biz travelers on cheap fares, now the perks are gone. I guess they will compete on the schedule and route system instead. If all majors follow suit, the effect will be just even out...
After all, business travelers will still travel. Leisure travelers will still go places. The only ones who got screwed are just mileage runners...</font>