How Much Are FT'ers Worth To Delta?
Sep 26, 2012, 7:12 pm
#32
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Even if there were 1,000 users who spent $1,000 per month on average, that's still less than 0.04% of the monthly passenger revenue of DAL.
Sep 26, 2012, 7:16 pm
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Sep 26, 2012, 7:26 pm
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Not unique but perhaps more informed? I would suspect they tend to have higher status and are more familiar with legit gaming techniques. Correlation but not necessarily causal. Nonetheless unrecognized by Delta in terms of priority.
Sep 26, 2012, 7:32 pm
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Ya, I do not necessarily think that FT posters could say go on strike or boycott or whatever. I do think that people in the industry and at Delta get some anecdotal items from here and can certainly use it to see how the wind blows. I flew for a long time before I stumbled on this site and already learned a lot of things I read on here, though mostly I learned it the hard way...
Sep 26, 2012, 8:00 pm
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Ya, I do not necessarily think that FT posters could say go on strike or boycott or whatever. I do think that people in the industry and at Delta get some anecdotal items from here and can certainly use it to see how the wind blows. I flew for a long time before I stumbled on this site and already learned a lot of things I read on here, though mostly I learned it the hard way...
Sep 26, 2012, 10:09 pm
#38
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There is definitely a key component not being asked for here... how profitable was the purchased fare? If I tell you that I spent $1,800 this week, you don't know if that was a loss-leader bargain intl fare or a rip-off expensive domestic fare.
I had a $1,300 domestic H fare that I had to rebook the return same-day for a $350 fare difference to an M fare and a $150 change fee. This is typically a <$300 r/t fare, so the rest was pure profit.
Spending is meaningless if Delta thinks FTers are all low-margin customers.
I had a $1,300 domestic H fare that I had to rebook the return same-day for a $350 fare difference to an M fare and a $150 change fee. This is typically a <$300 r/t fare, so the rest was pure profit.
Spending is meaningless if Delta thinks FTers are all low-margin customers.
Sep 26, 2012, 10:40 pm
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Sep 27, 2012, 2:47 pm
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I guess my point is people who post and read on here are not all that different than other FFers. There is a pretty wide scope for sure, but I think all flyer talk does is make you a bit more educated on the process. I do not think it significantly changes what makes you like and dislike Delta, so, with that said, the pulse of what folks on here think on a certain subject may well not just be isolated to this environment....
Sep 27, 2012, 4:10 pm
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70 segments, roughly 20 trips, in the range of $10K so far year-to-date.
Company policy is lowest available fare, and my policy is also lowest available fare, so if DL switches to a revenue-based reward system I'm pretty much screwed.
Company policy is lowest available fare, and my policy is also lowest available fare, so if DL switches to a revenue-based reward system I'm pretty much screwed.
Sep 27, 2012, 4:18 pm
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Except that FTers don't think anything like the other 99.9% of Delta passengers. The majority of Delta flyers don't give a flying crap about the award calendar, for example.