At Continental's website, there is a small statement which I thought was interesting immediately after the listing of restricted blackout dates on award travel......

Perhaps they are making improvement to its Onepass program, by getting rid of blackout dates, but I think otherwise. I'm thinking there might be award level alignment, similar to NW brewing at CO..... I guess I won't know until January 1.

Jiburi

Blackouts are not the problem for me at CO. You cannot get standard award availability and so everything is double miles nearly all the time.

Is there any news if the changes in the 2005 NWA program will also be effective for KLM? If so, I better switch back (I'm a dual Dutch-American citizen )

I used to shudder whenever Delta sent out its "changes" each year! Man, am I ever glad that I switched back to NW!!! I'm only 17,000 miles away from my 2MM-er level. Status Quo is GREAT!

I can't find any changes in the biz class award level for travel from North to South Asia from the current 30K level ? I'm thinking of travelling on MH sometime in 2006. Thanks !

Bump. I tried calling NW WP, but was unable to get a clear answer.

I have sent the following message to NWA thru https://www.nwa.com/talk/ttu.html, I encourage everyone to express their disappointment with this new program to NWA.
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Dear NWA,

As a frequent NWA flyer and a NWA Silver Elite member for a few years, I would like to express my disappointment and disbelieve about the WorldPerks 2005 revisions which can be found at http://www.nwa.com/features/awdchgs. My primary reason for flying NWA and its Skyteam partners is to collect miles for award travel to Europe. This used to be 50.000 miles but is 80.000 miles under the new program, an increase of 30.000 miles (60%!). This is not getting compensated in any way by the new �all paid fare classes are eligible to earn WorldPerks miles� update.

I will certainly consider my airline options next year, including the use of my WorldPerks Visa Credit Card if NWA actually implements this new program.

Thanks,
Mark Haanraadts

It's likely that United will be revising award charts, as oneworld QANTAS just announced award level changes.

based from tinkybelle posting,
bus award SYD-HNL is now 160k but will be 144K
bus award SYD-LAX up from 160K to 192K.
bus award SYD-sin up from 100K to 120K
first award SYD-JFK up from 200K to 384K

Upgrade policy are also changing with cheap fares no longer qualifying for upgrades.

Jiburi

if true, this makes my decision to stick with jl, in spite of the 70% accrual, easier. when miles cease to have any meaning, my priorties shift towards convenience, lack of change fees, and civilized service. as for domestic us flights, i've found that hp is pretty good (insofar as my travel patterns are concerned); i use wn for the rest and don't really bother with ff matters.

however, i've decided to put a considerable chunk of my transpacs on ua because, as of now, mp kicks butt and E+ is a pretty good product. if i fly nw, i think i'll just credit to hp.

I hear a lot of rumbling about mileage devaluation, but what really burns me is the new EQS policy for 2005. To explain why, here are my stats:

2003: 62K EQM, 62 EQS = PE
2004: 62K EQM, 46 EQS = GE

Funny thing is, under the new all fare class EQS rules for next year (2005), I would have re-qualified for PE this year as I flew over 100 total segments. However, since NWA decided to go head-to-head with Indy Air in my market this fall, all my formerly cherished B-fares disappeared from the lowest-available category and I ended up flying on cheap K and M fares for the past few months. Yeah, fly just as much as last year and drop a level anyway. I'm certainly not laughing now.

Any chance NWA would consider extending my PE status next year under the new 2005 WP rules?

(I didn't think so. I guess I'll have to live with GE status for most of next year until I re-qual PE by reaching 100 total seqments again.)

Or do 13,000 in mileage runs between now and 12/31

Ok�would someone please clarify this for me�.do we earn any EQM�s when flying on Delta?..... has this, in fact, changed once again?....on Delta it was 50% EQM's....then 100% EQM's...then 50% EQM's...is it now at zero EQM's??.....

You WILL earn EQM on DL. Whether it's 150%, 100% or 50% EQM, it depends on your fare class.
However, you will NOT earn EQS on DL flights.

http://www.nwa.com/freqfly/earn/airfl.shtml#delta

I fly all short flights usually on nonB/Y tickets so the changes are good for me. Hard to qualify by EQM when you only get 1000 per week of flying. I'll probably be close to 100 segments though since I fly at least twice a week.