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Old Jun 9, 2012, 6:50 am
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Have Elite Fliers Been Downgraded?

NY Times
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Published: June 8, 2012

A STEADY rain was soaking the windows of La Guardia Airport when Nancy Thode, an elite frequent flier with Delta Air Lines, approached a gate agent with a pressing question: Had her request for an upgrade cleared?

Glancing at her computer, brow furrowed, the agent was not encouraging: “You are No. 13.”

More: http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/06/10...gewanted=1&hpw

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Old Jun 9, 2012, 7:46 am
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I didn't read anything new in the article

All stories were par for the course

You win some and lose some..

I guess I don't understand the question
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Old Jun 9, 2012, 8:31 am
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Please review http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-articles.html and share your own thoughts about a news story, rather than just posting a copy-and-paste.

In this case, let's follow the discussion here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...owngraded.html


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