Is it just me or did some award levels recently change?
Sep 7, 2012, 6:51 pm
#92
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Sep 7, 2012, 9:27 pm
#94
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Try here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...=revenue+based
Nothing confirmed, but there is a faint odor of frequent flyer program decay in the air.
Sep 7, 2012, 11:33 pm
#95
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Programs: AA Plat, UA Silver, DL Silver, Marriott Titanium, etc.
Posts: 4,210
That's the big difference between the original NW and DL mindsets. I stuck with NW through thick and thin because they treated me right. Not the best planes, not the best FAs, but as a top tier elite they took care of you.
DL bean counters came in and decided that they could turn everything into a revenue stream. They looked at some stats, and decided that giving free changes to top tier members was costing them tens or hundreds of millions in change fees........
Almost every bad change that's happened in the last 4-5 years has been sprung on us. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
DL bean counters came in and decided that they could turn everything into a revenue stream. They looked at some stats, and decided that giving free changes to top tier members was costing them tens or hundreds of millions in change fees........
Almost every bad change that's happened in the last 4-5 years has been sprung on us. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Delta is soooo disrespectful to their customers by rolling out devaluations like this without warning. But they don't care.
Sep 8, 2012, 9:07 am
#96
FlyerTalk Evangelist & Ambassador: China
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: DL DM/MM, UA 1K, AA Exp, HH Dia, WOH Glob, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold, NA EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 17,423
That's the big difference between the original NW and DL mindsets. I stuck with NW through thick and thin because they treated me right. Not the best planes, not the best FAs, but as a top tier elite they took care of you.
DL bean counters came in and decided that they could turn everything into a revenue stream. They looked at some stats, and decided that giving free changes to top tier members was costing them tens or hundreds of millions in change fees.
I know in my case, as a plat, I canceled a bunch of awards because of the NW promotion that gave you a bunch of points for each award trip you booked. Yes, I gamed the system to get 50k miles. I booked and canceled every award online, and canceled way in advance, so no seats were lost.
Almost every bad change that's happened in the last 4-5 years has been sprung on us. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Luckily I got rid of 90% of my miles. I still have 300k, I keep trying to use at low levels. It's just not easy.
DL bean counters came in and decided that they could turn everything into a revenue stream. They looked at some stats, and decided that giving free changes to top tier members was costing them tens or hundreds of millions in change fees.
I know in my case, as a plat, I canceled a bunch of awards because of the NW promotion that gave you a bunch of points for each award trip you booked. Yes, I gamed the system to get 50k miles. I booked and canceled every award online, and canceled way in advance, so no seats were lost.
Almost every bad change that's happened in the last 4-5 years has been sprung on us. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Luckily I got rid of 90% of my miles. I still have 300k, I keep trying to use at low levels. It's just not easy.