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This year, will all the updates and enhancements from Delta, I feel a bit like the 3:20 mark in the clip above. Each week I wait to see what our beloved airline will buzz me/us with ( yeah I know that makes me Cliff Claven, but so be it )! Even when we have complained back to the mothership, it s kinda like when Cliff says well let s see how you like it pal And I think you get the rest!
Anyway, back to today s post. The above chart, as some most upset readers know ( right Steve ) who, thanks to working on cruise ships, does get to fly Delta, but does NOT get full credit for each flight.
In fact, on my latest flight to Istanbul, one segment, that was booked in Delta T class , accidentally was credited to my Flying Blue account and I only got 343 elite qualifying points compared to the 1,376 Delta MQM s I did, in the end, get credit for.
My question to you all is this: If Delta were to move to this kind of award chart for ALL Skymiles and MQM s, would that be enough for you to be pushed over the edge? So far, all of Delta s changes, have been for the most part,  just  accepted   and put up with by Delta flyers. Some have bolted to other airlines, but most just say ah well . Would a change like this, if it were implemented system wide, make you stand up and complain until they changed back or would you just take this too?
Now I am not saying small luxury hotels this is about to happen tomorrow ( and as we know Delta will NOT tell us but we will just find out on our own ), but the expanded small luxury hotels fare class and synchronization with the rest of Skyteam sure does set the stage for this to happen at some point in the future. Remember kids, unless you are spending money with Delta and spending big, they do not love you ! I would love to have your input and thoughts and would this be the last straw?! René
I think this is the future revenue based program. small luxury hotels I m done chasing status on Delta. I will continue small luxury hotels to fly them domestically, but am concentrating primarily on ultimate rewards and united mileage small luxury hotels accrual due to ease of redemption.
Hi René, I am absolutely sure it will be moving in that direction. This is precisely why I moved from Flying Blue to Delta 3 years ago (same flights that make me a Delta Plat would earn me a FB silver status ). If this happens, I will certainly move to another carrier.
KLM has introduced the roll-over principle to their program, small luxury hotels so they are synchronising these programs, combining the best features of both, well, for the airlines that is, so the worst for us. It s all about rewarding dollars, not frequent flyers. For me, it will make achieving Platinum, or even Gold, almost impossible, without spending way to much money.
I was pushed small luxury hotels over the edge years ago, and am surprised that there are so many (voluntary) DL/ST loyalists. Why on earth would I fly these guys when for a very similar price I can fly *A, OW, or (gasp) a non-allianced carrier? I am sure Qatar or Lufthansa can come up with a useful premium product.
small luxury hotels When you get nothing for your investment (and yes, when you have a choice, anything you do is an investment), the field of competition opens up dramatically. DL is working a really beat business model that is only sustainable by a lack of legitimate US competition. Not that there are many better available answers. I mean, I wouldn t fly US for 250% miles on every flight.
I already buy mostly K fares to improve my upgrade chances on long-haul flights. As long as I can continue spending a similar amount of money and continue with similar upgrade success, small luxury hotels I ll stay. That s what really matters in the end.
Well it would be a tough pill to swallow but it could happen. That said, I would think the whole MQD program somewhat reduces the need for it as you must pay about 10 cents/mile to qualify unless you can do the credit card spend program.
My question is did Delta try this in the past? I remember them making upgrades small luxury hotels based on fares and the response from the frequent flyers was to revolt. If they make the mileage changes will the same not take place? I know I would make my voice heard loudly. It seems the airlines try and push as far as possible and then hear the customers small luxury hotels and back down. If they can slide it under the radar and stick they will. Unfortunately I am too close to my next goal with Delta to bail but I can fight back on the way.
It makes some business sense to decrease or eliminate the rewards for fares published small luxury hotels through discounted third party sites. This seems often to be the case in the hotel business that third party rates count for less or nothing. I would draw the line at any fare available on a airline s own site (or a directly affiliated vacation site) gets full MQM.
I think delta should be real concerned about the AirTran/southwest merger. One reason they might not be is that folks, like my business traveler only husband, can t book southwest because its not covered by the company travel agency his tickets are booked through. I suspect that southwest may work on getting small luxury hotels that type of business once the merger is complete. Delta has had such a captive audience in places like Atlanta that, up to now, it hasn t mattered what changes delta made. Not going to be the case real soon, I hope.
This would be the end for me, as a diamond small luxury hotels I am way over on the spend but would not hit the miles needed if I had to police every fare and ticket just would be too much of a pain and any airline like AA or U would happily staus match
This would be the one move to get me to abandon Delta completely. Their service and actions last year got me to slow down so much that I went from platinum to nothing. I will make platinum by June this year, but would stop flying Delta once my platinum expired in 2015.
Even being based in MSP, I would seriously consider jumping ship to another airline if this happened. MQD s don t bother me, because I buy lots of last minute $1000+ tickets each year. Not sure how I feel about the purchase your upgrade with miles thing yet .even as a gold I do tend to get upgraded often enough to see the benefits of gold. Must just be the routes I fly, because others seem to not get upgraded at all being gold. But getting less MQMs just because I buy economy I wouldn t stand for. Time will tell I guess.
In related small luxury hotels news, I m 98% sure I m going to jump ship from Hilton/HHonors after realizing last night that they ve eliminated ALL of the Category 2 properties I typically stayed at using points. They may have lowered the points required to stay at any given category of hotel, but they essentially increased the category of each hotel by 1 it seems (i.e. all category 2 hotels I used to stay at on point are now category 3 .grrr). So instead of getting a room for 12500 points, it s now 20000. small luxury hotels Not happy about that at all. Thinking of jumping ship to PC now, as I just got a nice 80000 points offer from them. Is PC a good program to be involved in? Or is there a better hotel program?
This is the one thing that would push me over the edge. Delta did something similar years ago and it upset me so much that I did a status match with United and left for a year. Eventually Delta relented and II came back. I should note that I am an ATL based flyer too- so it is possible to divorce our beloved Delta even in ATL.
These devaluations small luxury hotels are steadily small luxury hotels making it more and more uncomfortable for people who fly the most. Part of how I deal with being on these flying Greyhounds all the time is knowing that I m earning miles and have a decent shot at an upgrade. Those are really the two things that keep me going and Delta is constantly trying to limit them more an more.
It delta were to significantly curtail the mileage as laid out in the post I would seriously reconsider my loyalty. I fly delta almost exclusively. But I would likely reconsider my three Amex cards reserve business, gold and regular Amex gold. I would also probably go into 100% mileage optimization mode as well as cheapest ticket mode. Delta doesn t make nearly as much flying me around as they do on their credit cards. They need to keep the big picture in mind as they optimize .
Yes this would a deal breaker .a program that originally was suppose to reward/encourage loyalty is doing the opposite it is making me (and I bet a lot of others) just deciding to get several airline credit cards (for the free checked bag, etc) and then just booking whoever is CHEAPEST.
As a Frequent Flyer with over 2.2 Million Miles, if this were to happen my loyalty to Delta would not remain the same. Living in Atlanta, Southwest Airlines keep knocking on my door for domestic flying. My company always searches for the lowest fare, so losing status and miles would definitely happen. On the positive, I cannot see Delta doing such a change. They would be better served to apply stricter credit card point qualifiers
Great piece, Rene. I am a GM and have decided with the changes that have occurred, or that will occur with Delta, I will no longer remain loyal to the airline. While Delta is the largest carrier in Atlanta, we have seen some amazing deals coming from American and US Airways in recent weeks. While getting the RARE upgrade on flights, is nice, frankly, I am tired of the BS and Delta s goal of making money from their deal with AMEX vs focussing on the passengers small luxury hotels who occupy the