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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 12:11 am
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If there are changes, which are unethical?

In the quest to increase revenues, there have been a lot of changes, too many to list. Some of them strikes me as unfair or unethical and a few seem tolerable. Which ones?

In general, I think that devaluation of miles already earned is a low blow. While I wouldn't like it if future miles are discounted, such as discounted seats earning 75% of miles, these changes are not retrospective.

Therefore, making 25,000 mi. domestic awards impossible to get so you need to spend double, raising awards, and charging new fees for awards is shifty behavior.

Charging for food (or even everything including water on Easyjet) and charging for baggage seems less objectionable.

Charging for standby is stupid as standby is purely goodwill when seats are empty.
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