EasyPass Changes Effective Sep. 3, 2008
Hi Everyone, I wanted to give you a heads-up about a change to our OnePass program that will involve our EasyPass Rewards. Effective September 3, 2008, EasyPass Rewards for travel on Continental will be subject to capacity controls and may not be available on certain flights where demand is high. OnePass Elite members will be exempt from this change. This will be posted to continental.com later today. Here are some of the key details:
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whoa.
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This sounds like Delta :eek:
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interesting....
Glad I'm elite now! Also glad to see something that benefits all elites and not just plats only. |
Originally Posted by BlissWorld
(Post 10134042)
This sounds like Delta :eek:
I only hope that it will pretain to CO Elites and Not all SkyTeam Elites! Im not at all happy that CO doesnt rule out DL Elites as DL seems always to not include CO Elites when they change things. |
Glad to see CO isn't hosing its best customers, like DL did. Double hosed, as it were - it's not like redeeming sleazypass is really a bargain, in the first place.
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Well, for those of us who are without status, this a poopie but expected move. Though, because I don't get tons of miles because I don't fly often enough to become elite, I don't usually look at EasyPass as an option because the mile cost is so high.
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Wow-Silver elites aren't excluded! :cool:
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Sounds very reasonable to me.
Non-Elites do not fly enough to earn air miles for redemption of easypass rewards. They can only earn enough miles for the high level required for easypass by large credit card purchases - most likely from their businesses. Seems reasonable to limit easypass redemption in these cases. |
Originally Posted by ctownflyer
(Post 10134226)
Wow-Silver elites aren't excluded! :cool:
I kid, I kid! :p |
This is no where near the whopper Delta brought down upon their customers. The redemption tiers remain the same, there is no mileage deflation and any Elite still has last seat access.
I'd say, assuming nothing nefarious is coming down the pike, we got off very easy. Given what could have happened, we got a kiss from CO where Delta's customers (elites included) received a slap upside the head. Anderson must be channeling the ghost of Mullin. Now what *could* happen behind the scenes? More award inventory directed away from standard awards and into the EP bucket - but that remains to be seen. |
Unlike what US is doing with eliminating their elite mileage bonuses, I think it is smart for CO to protect their elites.
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 10134294)
Anderson must be channeling the ghost of Mullin.
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Originally Posted by BlissWorld
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This sounds like Delta :eek:
I'm not saying I'm thrilled with yet another change to OnePass, but at least this one is a decent compromise that protects CO's most frequent customers. And ^^^ to CO for including all elite levels. |
While I'm glad to see the exemption for CO elites, I think it is downright shameful that airlines have long established award redemption levels that command a hefty premium on the pretense that if there's a seat available, so too will their be an award seat, yet now, even that guarantee is being deliberately eroded. :td:
It's amazing. WN went from offering Rapid Rewards on any flight with so much as a single seat available with only a few disclosed blackout dates to implementing capacity controls with a new "Freedom" level at double the miles. That move was widely panned by those of us who frequent WN. And yet, now, the "Freedom" award, so unwelcome when it was instituted, now appears to be better than that offered by the competition inasmuch as it will still net you a seat on any flight (except on the limited blackout dates). What a sorry statement about the state of the industry's frequent flyer programs. |
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