FF inflation in 2004?
Dec 18, 2003 | 7:22 am
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FF inflation in 2004?
Has any one heard of airlines increasing the miles needed to get a ticket or making it harder to earn miles? I read in either Business Week or Money that this may happen.
I belong to Southwest's Rapid Rewards and this has already happened. This year they have increased their Visa redemption from 1 credit for $1000 to 1 credit for $1200. Additionally they are watering down their online credit from 4 credits for a RT to 3 credits for a RT.
Any insights?
I belong to Southwest's Rapid Rewards and this has already happened. This year they have increased their Visa redemption from 1 credit for $1000 to 1 credit for $1200. Additionally they are watering down their online credit from 4 credits for a RT to 3 credits for a RT.
Any insights?
Dec 18, 2003 | 9:19 am
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Delta has announced higher point values for most awards.
Please see also Monetarism, Point Inflation, and the Coming Devaluation and Randy, have you changed your mind about mileage devaluation?
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Please see also Monetarism, Point Inflation, and the Coming Devaluation and Randy, have you changed your mind about mileage devaluation?
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Dec 18, 2003 | 12:19 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gleff:
Delta has announced higher point values for most awards.
Please see also Monetarism, Point Inflation, and the Coming Devaluation and Randy, have you changed your mind about mileage devaluation?
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Delta has announced higher point values for most awards.
Please see also Monetarism, Point Inflation, and the Coming Devaluation and Randy, have you changed your mind about mileage devaluation?
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Thanks gleff. As I don't fly Delta, I wasn't aware of there devaluation. It is happening but I hope United keeps it the same.
Dec 19, 2003 | 1:02 am
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CO went out of its way to make it so I can't do another trip from BKK to CNS on only 25K miles as was done at the height of the SARS thing by creating a distinct award category and DOUBLING the mileage required to 50K now. But it affects so few people that it probably cost a lot more to program and administer than they'll ever save from it (such trips require overnights in GUM and had been near-impossible to book anyway).
More generally, I think we might see RuleBuster, SkyChoice, etc., being used to do most of the dirty work. I think CO and EasyPass are still worst in that department.
More generally, I think we might see RuleBuster, SkyChoice, etc., being used to do most of the dirty work. I think CO and EasyPass are still worst in that department.