Skymiles Change Rumor?
Mar 25, 2012, 9:58 am
#1036
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Some posters on here have "cried wolf" so much that Delta knows "threats are just that" not followed by action. LOL
Mar 25, 2012, 10:06 am
#1037
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The funny thing is the Ham Sandwich Guild has already devalued the program by inclusion and inflation of miles.... now they are going to devalue it by exclusion and devaluing of miles.
It would be funny if it was not an airline I have a personal attachment to and that I want to see be successful. You can say what you want, but the fact that they are all over the place with what they are trying to do speaks more of them than what they are actually doing....
It would be funny if it was not an airline I have a personal attachment to and that I want to see be successful. You can say what you want, but the fact that they are all over the place with what they are trying to do speaks more of them than what they are actually doing....
Mar 25, 2012, 10:16 am
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This thread is now in the top 40 most viewed Delta SkyMiles threads.
Kind of ironic that Delta has spent millions on marketing to build an image of their brand as loyal to their customers and constantly working to improve their travel experience. Yet a free post to FT could have prevented all of that being undermined by a rumor... If it weren't true, that is.
As Delta reminds me, "customer service shouldn't fluctuate with the cost of fuel." I guess they mean that the customer should be equally shafted whether fuel prices go up or not!
Kind of ironic that Delta has spent millions on marketing to build an image of their brand as loyal to their customers and constantly working to improve their travel experience. Yet a free post to FT could have prevented all of that being undermined by a rumor... If it weren't true, that is.
As Delta reminds me, "customer service shouldn't fluctuate with the cost of fuel." I guess they mean that the customer should be equally shafted whether fuel prices go up or not!
Mar 25, 2012, 10:18 am
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I also have to wonder how long it will be before one of the Atlanta-based network news affiliates puts one of their investigative journalists on this...
Mar 25, 2012, 11:48 am
#1040
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For what reason? We may be particularly interested here, but in reality changes to an airline's FF program are not major news stories.
Mar 25, 2012, 11:49 am
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ABC are numbers.
I just saw a license plate that had ABC LUT.
(sorry for being OT)
I just saw a license plate that had ABC LUT.
(sorry for being OT)
Mar 25, 2012, 12:04 pm
#1043
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For what reason? We may be particularly interested here, but in reality changes to an airline's FF program are not major news stories.
Mar 25, 2012, 12:09 pm
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All of this is still a rumor..........!
Mar 25, 2012, 12:13 pm
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Mar 25, 2012, 12:15 pm
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Mar 25, 2012, 12:15 pm
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Mar 25, 2012, 12:28 pm
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While still in rumor phase (which of course this could go on a long time), anyone nervous about piling up rollover MQM's as a result of this?
I'm about to cross over the DM threshold but instead of building up rollover, I'm thinking about doing a UA challenge for 1K and staying there the rest of the year if this is true.
Anyone else in the same boat?
I'm about to cross over the DM threshold but instead of building up rollover, I'm thinking about doing a UA challenge for 1K and staying there the rest of the year if this is true.
Anyone else in the same boat?
Mar 25, 2012, 1:08 pm
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While still in rumor phase (which of course this could go on a long time), anyone nervous about piling up rollover MQM's as a result of this?
I'm about to cross over the DM threshold but instead of building up rollover, I'm thinking about doing a UA challenge for 1K and staying there the rest of the year if this is true.
Anyone else in the same boat?
I'm about to cross over the DM threshold but instead of building up rollover, I'm thinking about doing a UA challenge for 1K and staying there the rest of the year if this is true.
Anyone else in the same boat?
I also canceled my DL AMEX reserve card and got a portion of the annual fee back.
Mar 25, 2012, 1:40 pm
#1050
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Having left DL 2+ yrs ago after seeing all the devaluation (i.e. spent additional $450 on date changes, and that was as a Platinum) and inability to redeem award ticket, this is just another nail in the Skymiles program. Sadly, still have 300K+ SM's to burn. Just don't have enough time, or unwilling to blow 300K on a single premium award ticket.
But this truly is frustrating to see how DL keeps treating their FF's as pinatas until they break every last one of them.
But this truly is frustrating to see how DL keeps treating their FF's as pinatas until they break every last one of them.