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Oct 24, 2003 | 4:14 pm

#16

chrisny2

Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: District of Columbia

Programs: AA ExecPl, AF Gold, Hyatt Globalist,IHG Diamond, Hilton Diamond, Delta Gold

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Anyone have any ideas about the sudden change for Delta flights?

Oct 24, 2003 | 4:17 pm

#17

kb1992

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My instinct says that DL will soon do the same for Delta flyers on NW operated flights with deeply discounted tickets, i.e. 100% EQMs.

This will leave CO management in cold

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Originally posted by chrisny2:
Anyone have any ideas about the sudden change for Delta flights?

Oct 24, 2003 | 4:22 pm

#18

BackOfTheBus

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Southeast USA

Posts: 1,253

Long live Northwest!

I guess we get away without

enhancements

(to quote snake) this year too!

Oct 24, 2003 | 4:32 pm

#19

avek00

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I hope that CO severs the EUA link with NW post haste. If NW doesn't want to go along with the EQM scheme, then its Elites can wait till the day of departure for upgrades...

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Oct 24, 2003 | 4:33 pm

#20

InIndiana

Join Date: Feb 2001

Location: Berlin, Germany; Not in Indiana any more!

Programs: UA Gold, HH Gold, Dirt elsewhere

Posts: 164

This is incredible, i opened this topic with a tremendous sense of fear, but it was no Halloween trick, rather an extremely early Christmas present!

The strategy they're announcing is rather interesting... Continental isolation and an increase in Delta's EQM -- does this mean Delta is giving fill miles for those fare levels to their members now?

Oct 24, 2003 | 4:46 pm

#21

bikenski

Join Date: Nov 2000

Location: DEN / OGG

Programs: Former UA GS, demoted to lowly 1K MM

Posts: 739

Quote:

Originally posted by avek00:
I hope that CO severs the EUA link with NW post haste. If NW doesn't want to go along with the EQM scheme, then its Elites can wait till the day of departure for upgrades...

Don't worry... no NW elites will be flying CO if Gordo doesn't back down. And CO's own elites will be flocking to NW in droves. You'll have the front cabin to share between yourself and the non-revs

Oct 24, 2003 | 4:52 pm

#22

RKG

Join Date: Feb 2000

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Quote:

"Scheme" is a very apt description for CO's plan!

I hope NW severs ALL links with CO!

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Oct 24, 2003 | 5:03 pm

#23

ConcordeBoy

Join Date: Apr 2001

Posts: 2,070

Quote:

Originally posted by keithguy:
All NW operated flights will continue to receive 100% EQM. Discounted fares on CO-operated flights will receive 50%

Uh oh folks....

...remember the last time a CO partner tried to do something customer friendly, relative to what CO itself wanted?

*cough* HP *cough cough*

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Oct 24, 2003 | 5:13 pm

#24

TrojanHorse

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So what does a CO plat do now, I'd love to switch to NW; but since they do not comp CO, and I would hate to start at the bottom again, ie... no status... is there any idea how to get either a challenge or plat comp????

Oct 24, 2003 | 5:18 pm

#25

SRQ Guy

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Quote:

With all the NW elites leaving CO in droves, I don't think you'll have any problems upgrading, until Uncle Gordo goes all ERJ anyway!

Oct 24, 2003 | 5:30 pm

#26

SteveinA2

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: Washington,DC

Posts: 1,908

Unfortunately NW still lag AA on International upgrades. My 8 AA VIPOW's were great. With all the Z fares on offer you think NW could at least give coupons to upgrade on B fares - Same price as Z

Oct 24, 2003 | 5:45 pm

#27

kb1992

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I won't mind if NW severs ALL links with DL either, unless DL backs off.

Quote:

Originally posted by RKG:
"Scheme" is a very apt description for CO's plan!

I hope NW severs ALL links with CO!

Oct 24, 2003 | 5:45 pm

#28

sllevin

Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: SJC

Programs: AA EXP

Posts: 3,686

The good news: 100% on all NW operated flights.

The bad news: 50% on all CO flights (except full fare)

While it could have been worse, this still severs the alliance. And since I don't live in an NW hub city, that's a significant hit. For me, it's only the combined operations of NW and CO that formed a "virtual airline" of reasonable proportions.

No way can I manage flying only on NW's network -- it's simply too small and inadequate as far as flight times and frequencies go.

Sadly, I think this is it for me. I'm just going to have to pay the domestic upgrade Gods on AA. Fortunately, I've got 50,000 miles of international flying to do before year end to help build up a balance.

Steve

Oct 24, 2003 | 6:02 pm

#29

mot29

Join Date: Dec 2002

Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)

Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat

Posts: 5,725

Not that I was counting on anything one way or the other, but two days ago, I booked a discounted fare on CO -- ONT-IAH-LGW on Dec. 31 and PRG-AMS-IAH-ONT on Jan. 7. ($70 cheaper on CO than NW and I had a CO $400 TCV to spend.) Because I purchased on line, this whole trip would earn full credit were I to credit the miles to CO. But, it looks like I'll only get 50% on the return.
Maybe I can convince NW to award full credit since it was booked before the change was announced?

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