How in the world are you doing your math? You seem to think that 99% of all elites are mileage runners, screwing it up for everyone else. Not true!!! Mileage runners (and most are not pure 'runners'; they also travel for other reasons and pay for it) make up an
extremely small percentage of elite travelers. They ARE NOT diluting other elites' benefits, unless you count the occupation of something like one seat out of maybe 10000 per day as 'dilution'.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FT wannabe:
I said it too many times that mileage runners will be running the full service airlines to the ground if such changes are not imposed - and nobody cares. Major airlines rely on the business travelers who pay premium fares for their flights. If the FF programs becomes dilutive because of the the runners, there'll be just fewer and fewer incentives for biz travelers to pay premium. 'Nuff said?
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