View from the Wing reports -#Skymiles2015 chart out soon
Mar 5, 2014, 7:41 pm
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Because miles will be harder to earn starting 2015, I suspect they will consequently be easier to spend, both in the form of cheaper award flights (4500 miles one way for SJC-LAX, Avios-esque), and increased award availability (UA-esque).
Wait, what am I smoking?
Wait, what am I smoking?
Mar 5, 2014, 7:42 pm
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I see you are a Delta FO. To quote MJ on Travel = " Id temper my expectations."
Mar 5, 2014, 7:52 pm
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Availability will be the key. If we find it easier to actually find low-tier award flights the change in SkyMiles won't be as bad.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Mar 5, 2014, 7:58 pm
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Availability will be the key. If we find it easier to actually find low-tier award flights the change in SkyMiles won't be as bad.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Mar 5, 2014, 8:30 pm
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Availability will be the key. If we find it easier to actually find low-tier award flights the change in SkyMiles won't be as bad.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Mar 5, 2014, 8:38 pm
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Mar 5, 2014, 8:40 pm
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Mar 5, 2014, 8:41 pm
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I have all but given up hope both on bloggers (not just Delta Points by any stretch) and on many forum posters to have any decent grasp of the English language. Another grammatical blunder appeared on this thread too. It is truly hopeless, and you see from two people making a mistake on the same word
I think you are too low both on the "lowest" and the "highest." My guess is that lowest and highest will remain the same or very close to the same and the two extra tiers will be in between low/medium and medium/high.
Availability will be the key. If we find it easier to actually find low-tier award flights the change in SkyMiles won't be as bad.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Mar 5, 2014, 8:45 pm
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@FTI - hard to even find a good blogger to click "next" on your slides 
- you still ROCK btw
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Mar 5, 2014, 8:48 pm
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Check it out! - http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...n-chart-early/
"They’ve had their new redemption chart, but they had planned to keep it a secret. Their members would fly all year, saving points to redeem next year, but not knowing how much those points are worth."
IOW, Delta wanted to keep people hanging on, spending money with them, before they found it their SMs were going to be worth much less than before.
Mar 5, 2014, 9:09 pm
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Availability will be the key. If we find it easier to actually find low-tier award flights the change in SkyMiles won't be as bad.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Here's my prediction for coach tiers:
Lowest 10k Each Way
Low 12,500 Each Way
Mid 15,000 Each way
High 20,000 Each way
Highest 25,000 each way
I have no insight, I'm just taking a wild stab.
Mar 5, 2014, 9:42 pm
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Let's take a look at this blog post and strip out some of the fluff ...
What an absolutely useless piece of information ... they're looking at releasing it tomorrow ... or maybe Friday ... or any other day in the future.
Word today three different people had shared with me by the end of the day is that Delta had changed its mind and plans to release its award charts tomorrow.
They could still pull back, but it was definitely the word from inside Delta that they were looking at this.
...
Assuming the charts come out tomorrow (or Friday)
They could still pull back, but it was definitely the word from inside Delta that they were looking at this.
...
Assuming the charts come out tomorrow (or Friday)
Mar 5, 2014, 11:48 pm
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Here's my bet for domestic coach, each way:
12,500
16,000
22,500
27,500
32,000
12,500
16,000
22,500
27,500
32,000
Mar 6, 2014, 12:08 am
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Mar 6, 2014, 12:16 am
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Do you have new 2015 award charts? Do you have it?