Those who achieve elite status solely through mileage running (by buying cheap tickets on long fligh

The subject line of the Delta�email seemed harmless enough: Changing the way you earn Medallion status . But it has some current members of the airline s SkyMiles frequent caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines flyer program caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines seeing red. There goes my exalted status, wailed one business traveler to FareCompare. Or as air travel analyst Rick Seaney put it, The new rules create fewer high level elites making it more elite.
Seaney caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines points out that this appears caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines to be an industry first: I believe this is the first time I have seen spending tied to elite status, but he also notes that at least Delta is giving SkyMiles members plenty of notice; changes won t arrive until next year and don t affect status until 2015.
Still, it s already creating a lot of buzz because it will no longer be enough to gain elite status by flying a lot. The new spending requirement means passengers will also have to shell out a certain number of dollars on flights each year or as one report caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines put it, a minimum amount for each rung on the mileage ladder.
Some business travelers won t feel any effect at all, particularly those who fly so much they (or their companies) routinely pay more than the bare minimum. In fact, on the plus side, they may have an easier time getting upgrades and/or free flights, because as Rick Seaney points out, they will have fewer elites caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines to contend with for the perks.
Those who achieve elite status solely through mileage running (by buying cheap tickets on long flights to rack up miles) although those that just use mileage runs to push them over to a particular status tier are probably still okay.
Frequent flyer miles programs used to be so simple; fly, rack up miles, achieve status. Today s programs include enough fine print to rival many legal documents, which raises the question: are they still worth the time and trouble, along with need to stay loyal to a single carrier that may not offer the cheapest caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines priced tickets? caribbean cruises onnorwegian cruise lines We d be interested to hear what frequent flying readers have to say .