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Skriven 2015-03-05 17:22:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: incongruities 290
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-01-15  18:03 <=-

 NB>> ICU's cause worry and doubt... ;)   Of course the reason(s) for
 NB>> being in them have some effect, too... ;)
 ML> I didn't feel quite so bad until they put me in there.
 ML> Later I discovered that my particular situation had a 20%
 ML> survival rate, so that was a bit disquieting.

Indeed.  At least you beat the odds..  :)

 NB>> expected to some extent... It only niggles a little when I wonder if
 NB>> they think I'm supposed to be on a par with them on those aspects
 NB>> instead of just being another one that happened to graduate together
 NB>> from the same school the same year...  ;)  At least I don't feel looked
 NB>> down on by the other members of the committee that are working on
 ML> What means par? I'm in every way except income a standard
 ML> member of my class and am generally treated as such by my
 ML> classmates.

Ah... maybe I'm just a wee bit overly sensitive about my education class
background... particularly the lack of income part...  ;)  And it's been
a little hard getting over that only having the one year in school in
common with these folks...  :)
 
 ML>> Yes. And because the number of "miles" one earns is tied
 ML>> to the number of "qualifying dollars" you spend. Plus a
 ML>> multiplier that means that the average person will now get
 ML>> approximately 1/4 the "miles" expected, and being of high
 ML>> status I'll get about 1/2 what I used to. A faster and worse
 ML>> devaluation of programs I have never seen, and the media
 ML>> haven't tumbled to it yet.
 NB>> It begins to sound rather scammish...  ;0
 ML> Very much so. I'm figuring something will give sooner or later
 ML> - either the airline will go Chapter 7 (not good for me) or
 ML> some sweetening of the pot will be in order. 

Hopefully the latter... :)

 ML> When the programs
 ML> started, they were essentially a rebate program - 5 to 10% for
 ML> your average citizen, 10-20% for the top elites. By judicious
 ML> tweaking, certain clever persons (nobody you know, of course!)
 ML> got the equivalent of 50% or more, not including the upgrades
 ML> and other perks and were flying in first for half of what
 ML> normal people paid for coach. Now, the top return is 20% or
 ML> less, and the ticket prices are much higher. It may be time to
 ML> call it quits (but no other situation has come forward as
 ML> definitively better for me), but I'll stick it out another year
 ML> or two in the hope that things will improve.

So far at least you still know how to maneuver in the system...
hopefully things will improve faster than the interest rate on savings
has been doing... ;0
 
ttyl          neb

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