NeedForSpeedNFS said:
KC, Are you for real, dude??? Elites?? So, by your rationality, everyone that has a bank of DM's is an elitist? Or, is it just the "rich greedy ones" THAT HAPPEN TO FLY CONSTANTLY because of their line of WORK? (yes, KC, they do work, just that they make more than you, and you think they are elitist!!) The major airlines started DM's as a way to attract more people to do business with their particular airline. They started something years ago when this industry was much different than it is today. Nowadays, it is KILLING the majors, but, with the DM programs in place, people will use them if it is to their advantage. Don't come on here spouting your class-envy trash!! Start a new thread somewhere else. GOOD DAY!!!!!
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As a matter of fact NFS, I had a job where I was flying a roundtrip a week. Every week. IT WAS PART OF MY JOB. But....that was in back in the day when everybody was pretty much treated the same, regardless of the mileage that they had. In your words
...The major airlines started DM's as a way to attract more people to do business with their particular airline. They started something years ago when this industry was much different than it is today. Nowadays, it is KILLING the majors, but, with the DM programs in place, people will use them if it is to their advantage.No class envy trash...no class envy at all really. Merely a "play on words". See...these days I don't travel nearly as much. And because of that, I take whatever airline is most convenient for my needs, not the one that I have a ton of miles on. And I usually end up on Southwest. Here's a difference. When Southwest boards (the turd bird cattle call according to some posters on this board) it A,B, and C. No special treatment for they guy who's holding a companion pass because HE FLIES CONSTANTLY because of his line of WORK. When I fly the others, I watch as an agent sits idle, waiting for an "elite" to show up for their quick check in (no kiosks for these folks). I watch as the super titanium medallion preferred passengers are called to board. I watch as I pass thru the first class compartment when it's my time to board and wonder how many of those folks paid for that seat and how many used their "upgrade privleges".
No...there's no class envy at all...I've just noticed that most airlines these days are losing money, despite these "valuable loyalty programs" that they have. I read on this board where managment has come to labor
for the third time to ask them to take a cut in pay and benefits. And I read on these boards that some elites are doing their fair share by "accepting plastic cups in first class". Helluva sacrifice.
YOu know, if you only view life from what you read on the Just Conversation board, you might have a tendency to not realize when you actually agree with someone who holds a different political opinion of you. Heck...ask ELP_WN_PSGR... he and I are miles apart on politics these days, but when it comes to airlines, we pretty much agree. Guess you're a little to sensitive to "plebian class" as a descriptive term of coach class on most airlines. Reread your post, then reread mine and I think you'll see that we actually agree on FF programs....people will use them if it is to their advantage. And sorry for the term "elites"...that's the word that the airlines use to describe those "valuable" frequent flyers who are more and more often travelling on a loss leader fare, but have "unlimited upgrade privleges" because of their "elite" (again, their word, not mine) status. Any attempts to tweak the system, such as unlimited upgrade privleges
from select fares is met with the formation of a cockroach club. To paraphase the Trident ads..."four out of five major airlines are losing money". The one "major" that isn't is CO - who's FF program has been described as "None-Pass". But perhaps they just recognize that this isn't the late 80's and early 90's any more, and the liability that is the FF program had to be changed a bit. In other words, they did what needed to be done and restricted the program some. Delta did some pretty drastic changes...how many abandoned them for US or AA or CO? I think you could count them on one hand. US heard the outcry from a frustrated copier salesman and pulled back on the DM changes. Now they are a few months, if not a few weeks, away from BK court.