DL Slashes Points Earned on AS
Mar 11, 2015, 11:13 am
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DL Slashes Points Earned on AS
Starting April 1st we AS/MP members should have more seats up front!
http://milecards.com/1588418828/delt...ing-april-1st/
http://milecards.com/1588418828/delt...ing-april-1st/
Mar 11, 2015, 11:14 am
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The bloggers are slow. We have been discussing it in the last few pages of
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...er-thread.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...er-thread.html
Mar 11, 2015, 7:02 pm
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Safe rule of thumb; if the news is more than a few hours old, it's already being talked about on FT, and whatever you're posting is probably a duplicate thread...
Mar 11, 2015, 10:13 pm
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Mar 12, 2015, 7:07 am
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Mar 12, 2015, 7:15 am
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It was announced on FT by the "SkyMiles Team" (official rep with green username) as a minor change. People had to look to find the details, which most do not consider to be minor.
Mar 12, 2015, 6:49 pm
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What does this have to do with the topic at hand? Oops, sorry some one did say upgrade so i apologize. Tangential connection to topic at hand.
Mar 12, 2015, 9:01 pm
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clearly every day the AS/DL partnership is becoming one of codeshare flight offerings only and thats most likely due to a contractual agreement with an expiration date that the public is not yet privy to. I still think AS could really stuff it do DL if they could reach a deal with Sun Country based in MSP(ahem a DL hub also) to be a mileage plan partner. Their base is mainly tourism to the sothern US and Carribean. They also have that pivotal ANC/MSP route which is seasonal that possibly with AS feed could turn into year around. How much of that current year around ANC/MSP DL service is fed by AS flights from OTZ, OME, FAI, BET, ADK, SCC, BRW, and ADQ. Ive always thought AS buying Sun Country would be a great expansion opportunity along with their all 737 fleet plan but a strong partnership would be great and a lot less risk for AS
Last edited by ANC; Mar 12, 2015 at 9:10 pm
Mar 13, 2015, 11:29 am
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Maybe a partnership of some sort, but actually buying Sun Country makes very little sense. AS can acquire 737's directly from Boeing, if they need more planes. Feeding a single MSP-ANC seasonal flight is not going to measurably improve AS's profitability, nor are seasonal routes from MSP to leisure destinations.
Mar 13, 2015, 5:03 pm
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Maybe a partnership of some sort, but actually buying Sun Country makes very little sense. AS can acquire 737's directly from Boeing, if they need more planes. Feeding a single MSP-ANC seasonal flight is not going to measurably improve AS's profitability, nor are seasonal routes from MSP to leisure destinations.
