01-11-2011
05:57 PM
4 Loves
I understand reasons for doing this, but put simply, I will not be earning as many free flights on trips that I typically take, such as HOU-DAL, where I am forced by my company to book at the cheapest fare (and generally only when on sale). I don't have the choice to pay for business fares.
Now it will take more than 10 of these round trips to earn enough credit to buy a single round trip flight within *300* miles of HOU. It was really a nice 'perk' to be able to fly anywhere in the system every year or so, but looks like this is now over.
I will say that this system makes the RR credit card points a little more valuable, but I'm not sure if it's enough (along with the $59 annual fee) to make me keep the card another year given that I lose the real benefit of complete freedom to fly anywhere.
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