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I like the change because I am going to be making a killing on points!!! I am already A list from last year and the way I fly business select I will be preferred in about 6 round trip flights (unless I am compt to preferred to start with) Now I can double dip my Hilton points as there is no way I am going to only get 600 points for one hotel stay. I bit of a let down there. I like the free internet for the preferred members. That is a nice perk. I will say for as much as I really do fly you have addressed issues for the business class flier. Now just waiting for March 1 to role around to start earning my 200,000 points I am going to earn this year. ... View more

@B.lusk I have been A List for a couple of years now. I've earned 100 credits in just 7 months (4/8/10-11/12/10) last year to obtain my second companion pass .From 1/6/09 through 1/6/11, I have earned 236.25 credits. I flew 57 one way flights last year of those as Business Select. 55 of those flights with more than half of them as long haul flights. I currently have 7 awards now and have used the other 7 for family vacation and last minute travel for family members. (under the new program will really suck points out of us) This year I expect to have the same type of flight and travel schedule. When I must travel to a location with no Southwest service I fly another airline. Last year I flew with another airline 10 times. I have the budget to make my own travel plans with any type of Southwest flight I want. I feel a traveler such as myself should receive A-List Preferred status when the new program starts in March. I will tell you this Southwest needs to think real hard about us heavy travelers when you decide who will be on the Preferred list. I can take my $35K air fair budget this year and find another airline real easy. I fly Southwest for the personal perks with the Rewards program. Since flight were easy to earn I stayed with you. I do like Delta's and United's programs that let me use miles for hotels and rental cars without having to have a yearly fee credit card. And no I will not be getting a SW credit card just to be able to use rewards points for those items. What you should had done for use business fliers and long haul fliers is just give us more credits for those $950 round trip flights. It would have need easier than this mess. And in one of your post you said points were easier to figure out..?? What is easier than knowing it takes 16 to get a round trip? Look on the calender and see if there is a flight available? i HEAR A BIG BELLY FLOP COMING DOWN ON THIS ONE SW. ... View more