I am an A-List, loyal (for years) Southwest regional flight customer. I have read the first 50 blogs. I agree with the majority of the business travelers - very, very poor move on the part of Southwest. For the Senior Director to come out so excited about announcing this just shows he is out of touch with his loyal flyers. With my flights it will take closer to ten roundtrips to get a ticket, and that ticket might only get me to closer destinations. Years ago, Northwest had the best frequent flyer program (the coupons you could use anytime for any flight). Southwest came along to rival it. Northwest did away with it, and look what has happened to their customer base. I will still fly Southwest, but by no means will it be my preferred airline anymore. The incentive just disappeared for me. Please rethink this Southwest.
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