For me, TP has become essentially worthless these days:
- I can hardly find a space in the TP lounge.
- I can't find front row seats in Y because typically other TP will have gotten them before me, months in advance.
- LY cancelled the perk of seat garantee in C class. And when I wait-list a seat in C fare, I'm basically told that there are 5-10 other TPs ahead of me on the list.
- And all the soft perks, like opening awards in E/X fares are pretty much gone.
- Yes I still have a dedicated agent I can speak to, but the answer is generally that he can't help me.
I've spoken to two CEO on local tech firms - together they have over 20,000 employees in Israel. They both said that when UA returns, they will make sure most of their travel business goes to them when possible. And it's not the only ones I know who think like that