Lets face it US air believes that their average passenger is a sdumb as a brick! They will let this steam for a couple of weeks and then make a couple of minor changes.The great unwashed will think they have won a concession and keep on flying. Delta did the same thing a few years ago with their skymiles program. You would be hard pushed to find any business travellers that even remember the old program. They honestly believe that the current one is superior. Classic marketing strategy that works because the average consumer has the attention span of a gerbil.