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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by lucky9876coins
These devaluations happen all the time, and it comes in the form of miles required for award redemptions. The last one happened in October of 2006, IIRC, where we saw Europe F awards go from 100K to 120K, Australia F go from 120K to 140K, etc. I doubt they'll change the earnings, but just the miles required for redemption.
In some ways, this is the reverse of what other int'l airlines are doing; reducing mileage earned on cheap Y fares, but keep redemption rates the same.

Instead, UA and others raise redemption rates but the elite bonuses (and in the know bonuses) keep going up. Int'l carriers are deflating mileage earned, UA is inflating it. The tension comes, then, from the *A program, and the result is Starnet blocking.
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