Last week I was on vacation at a bed and breakfast in Mexico. In a discussion with the owner, he said that visitors to his B&B from Canada and the U.S. was off 70% from last year. That's a huge number. I consider Mexico to be safe from terrorism, so it must be the economy that is hurting him. Travel is off for all the airlines. My point is that it is too soon to determine what effect the changes to the Skymiles program are having on Delta's pasengers. There are too many other rather large issues that are clouding the picture, I.E. the economy, war in Iraq, etc.

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Richard Laakso PM MM Starwood platinum