FAR-ATL...2 zone or 3 zone?

[Ispolkom]

People have been clamoring for a new tier for quite some time now.

What people would that be?

I've seen dozens of posts in numerous threads asking for a more useful region map.

I've seen exactly zero posts in zero threads clamoring for a new AGR status tier.

I'd imagine that it's people at Amtrak who were clamoring for a new tier. The Fred Frailey blog points to this when he discusses how high-spending patrons used Amtrak less after they made Select +.

Introducing Select ++, or whatever it's called, is intended to increase Amtrak's revenue. Restoring the AGR zone map with city names will do the reverse, if it encourages more people to do like me and book AGR awards from zone boundaries.

It makes perfect sense that they do the first and not the second. AGR isn't a charity, it's a marketing tool.

All this assumes that AGR is run rationally, of course.

 

[KrazyKoala]

Here is a copy of the old map that has been posted before.

Seriously? That's the old one? It looks the same except they have the cities named so idiots like me not from america have to pull up a USA map on google and compare the dots. But the regions are still spit the same if I'm not mistaken.

 

[jersey42]

Seriously? That's the old one? It looks the same except they have the cities named so idiots like me not from america have to pull up a USA map on google and compare the dots. But the regions are still spit the same if I'm not mistaken.

Exactly. I was told on a previous thread that removing the city names was the only change. Mystery dots made it harder for all of us to figure out the boundary cities

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Seriously? That's the old one? It looks the same except they have the cities named so idiots like me not from america have to pull up a USA map on google and compare the dots. But the regions are still spit the same if I'm not mistaken.

Exactly. I was told on a previous thread that removing the city names was the only change. Mystery dots made it harder for all of us to figure out the boundary cities

Oh, I'm sure there's an explanation for that.

 

[KrazyKoala]

Seriously? That's the old one? It looks the same except they have the cities named so idiots like me not from america have to pull up a USA map on google and compare the dots. But the regions are still spit the same if I'm not mistaken.

Exactly. I was told on a previous thread that removing the city names was the only change. Mystery dots made it harder for all of us to figure out the boundary cities

Oh, I'm sure there's an explanation for that.

It makes the map look "cleaner" and less messy/cluttered.

 

[crescent2]

Thanks, Alan.

KKoala: I think it is the same map, but it's very helpful to know which cities are counted as being in both zones (and where the zones change) on the old version. Some are small cities, and with only unnamed dots shown on the new map, it's very hard to figure out which city it is.

 

[KrazyKoala]

Thanks, Alan.
KKoala: I think it is the same map, but it's very helpful to know which cities are counted as being in both zones (and where the zones change) on the old version. Some are small cities, and with only unnamed dots shown on the new map, it's very hard to figure out which city it is.

Yes my comment was mean to be sarcastic. I seemed to have forgot my "eye roll" smiley.

 

[AlanB]

People have been clamoring for a new tier for quite some time now.

What people would that be?

People over at Flyertalk have been discussing/wanting a higher tier for several years now.

 

[PRR 60]

People have been clamoring for a new tier for quite some time now.

What people would that be?

People over at Flyertalk have been discussing/wanting a higher tier for several years now.

And those at FT have been asking for correcting the zone map as well. Accomplishing one does not preclude accomplishing the other. It's an easy fix, if they had the desire to fix it. Allowing that faulty zone map to fester month after month after month simply makes AGR look stupid.

 

[railbuck]

Seriously? That's the old one? It looks the same except they have the cities named so idiots like me not from america have to pull up a USA map on google and compare the dots. But the regions are still spit the same if I'm not mistaken.

Exactly. I was told on a previous thread that removing the city names was the only change. Mystery dots made it harder for all of us to figure out the boundary cities

Oh, I'm sure there's an explanation for that.

Actually there were some city names that needed to be removed (Fostoria and Pensacola, for example) but they went a bit overboard with the whiteout. Any bets on whether the irrelevant cities will still be there when the map gets restored? -_-