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| broadwayboy | Mar 1, 2010 7:21 pm |
(Used to be) JFK.
Originally Posted by AndyTLe(Post 13489111)
Just curious what your home airports are?
| SamuelS | Mar 1, 2010 7:55 pm |
Originally Posted by 3Cforme(Post 13490911)
A pretty good-sized airline known as American disagrees with you. The 'why not give it away' approach doesn't work for BE routes, either. There are numerous perspectives on upgrade entitlement and fare integrity.
Silver Medallion members are entitled to upgrades. I don't understand the sudden discussion to take this benefit away. A pretty good-sized airline known as Continental and their new bedmate United will offer upgrades to Silvers.
Why should Silver Medallions not get upgrades anymore? After all, they are accommodated last after other tiers.
| denCSA | Mar 1, 2010 9:31 pm |
Well as a former NW GM who only banked ~11k for 2009 (almost all on CO when we had those benefits), I did not receive any letters or notice of a soft landing to Silver, so I wasn't expecting it either. I'm not all butt-hurt over it, as I vowed in November to never step foot on another DL flight again until they get their act together. On to greener pastures...cya DL!
| DeltaFlyingProf | Mar 2, 2010 3:49 pm |
Originally Posted by willdallas2003(Post 13488647)
No soft landing for me either. Was a PM, flew 44k on delta last year. I switched to AA at the end of the year to roll over miles and hope for a soft landing to GM. Didn't work out that way.
Good. With no soft landing you are much less likely to act on your withdrawal symptoms! :D
Originally Posted by GUWonder(Post 13491037)
Long-term Platinums whose MQM activity plummeted to barely any flight activity credited to DL in 2009 seemed to be the ones who got a soft-landing from Platinum to Gold.
I guess my 23k of activity last year not counting the 25k they gave me means I could not qualify! That's good because now I will not be tempted to ever fly DL again! Much better that way!
Originally Posted by denCSA(Post 13492058)
Well as a former NW GM who only banked ~11k for 2009 (almost all on CO when we had those benefits), I did not receive any letters or notice of a soft landing to Silver, so I wasn't expecting it either. I'm not all butt-hurt over it, as I vowed in November to never step foot on another DL flight again until they get their act together. On to greener pastures...cya DL!
+1 I have found MUCH greener pastures as an AA EXP! Now that's a program that works for me. And I am easily getting the premium awards I want when I want them! Buh bye Delta and the rest of HellTeam!
| yamakake | Mar 2, 2010 4:05 pm |
Thud
Originally Posted by GUWonder(Post 13491037)
Long-term Platinums whose MQM activity plummeted to barely any flight activity credited to DL in 2009 seemed to be the ones who got a soft-landing from Platinum to Gold.
Whereas I had nearly 46,000 MQM and got demoted to Silver from Platinum.
I guess the good news is that I've already got 21,000 MQM banked for 2010 and will make Gold without even trying.
I'm in ATL. Captive audience.
| GUWonder | Mar 2, 2010 7:04 pm |
Originally Posted by DeltaFlyingProf(Post 13497473)
I guess my 23k of activity last year not counting the 25k they gave me means I could not qualify! That's good because now I will not be tempted to ever fly DL again! Much better that way!
Pretty interesting that so many DL Platinums with under 15k MQMs last year get soft-landings to DL Gold this year while those with over 40k MQMs last year end up as Silver at DL.
| waltinsocal | Mar 2, 2010 7:34 pm |
Originally Posted by GUWonder(Post 13498541)
Pretty interesting that so many DL Platinums with under 15k MQMs last year get soft-landings to DL Gold this year while those with over 40k MQMs last year end up as Silver at DL.
I don't think anyone here will ever understand why some people get soft landings and some don't. I always have had the attitude that no one is entitled to one, including me. If I get one, it is a welcome gift. If it really matters, I do a MR and take out of DL's hands. Otherwise, I don't think it is right to complain that I did not get a soft landing, hard landing, rough landing or whatever.
| AndyTLe | Mar 2, 2010 7:48 pm |
Originally Posted by waltinsocal(Post 13498730)
I don't think anyone here will ever understand why some people get soft landings and some don't.
DL provided soft landings to Medallions in specific markets.
| waltinsocal | Mar 2, 2010 8:08 pm |
Originally Posted by AndyTLe(Post 13498818)
DL provided soft landings to Medallions in specific markets.
And of course you are correct. Those markets were probably selected since DL felt enough competitive pressure from other airlines to try to keep its customers from considering other options. I will admit I was fortunate to be in such a market (LAX).
| Jaimito Cartero | Mar 2, 2010 10:03 pm |
Originally Posted by GUWonder(Post 13491037)
Long-term Platinums whose MQM activity plummeted to barely any flight activity credited to DL in 2009 seemed to be the ones who got a soft-landing from Platinum to Gold.
No doubt. I had an average of 150k EQM per year before the Best in Class regime took over.
| Boraxo | Mar 3, 2010 12:56 am |
Just received my card indicating a soft landing from Gold to Silver. As Gold was the result of a status match by NW, I have no complaints :)
Of course, I have zero EQM on DL over the last few years, but hopefully I'll be able to get a little use of the limited perks... or maybe use for a CO status match ;)
P.S. UA does NOT offer soft landings, you can literally go directly from 1k to general member. Now in the past there have been offers to buy back status for an absurd fee...
| GUWonder | Mar 3, 2010 9:31 am |
Originally Posted by AndyTLe(Post 13498818)
DL provided soft landings to Medallions in specific markets.
.... including accounts with addresses listed in rural parts of the country where DL runs the biggest or only show at the nearest airport.
| CarolDisney1 | Mar 3, 2010 10:12 am |
Why do so many folks who are "never flying Delta again" complain when they didn't get to keep thier status? If your decision is already made, why does it matter?
Honestly, I don't get it? When AA dropped me to "nada" status that was fine. I was not planning to fly them so what good would it have done to be "soft landed"?
| apolloms | Mar 3, 2010 12:56 pm |
3 years of being a medallion then nothing....especially since it wasn't my choice not to fly this past year.....they still have yet to respond to my email....where as when I was a plat up until monday, they would respond within 12 hours......
it either needs to be all or none in my opinion....either give soft landings or don't.....don't pick and choose
| GUWonder | Mar 3, 2010 5:07 pm |
AA provides soft-landings to all AA elites, and that is something people should consider in terms of which airlines reward their customers more/more consistently.
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