Originally Posted by
Helena Handbaskets
If the seat's going empty (according to the airline's load calculations), it's better to take some miles out of circulation for the seat than not. But why not charge 10 times the miles? Ask yourself who would pay that price. Most ff-hoarding individuals (value-oriented almost by definition) would find better value in flying 10 times in Y than one time in J or F. And the businesses that buy most of the J and F fares only very rarely use miles to purchase them.
Myabe I'm not understanding your question. It seems like your saying
"
hey the airlines should charge many more miles for an F award ticket...but I understand nobody would pay that many miles...but the airlines should totally do it!!!"
I really don't folllow your logic.
Originally Posted by
sdsearch
The fact is that 99% of FFP members never think to redeem an award for something that doesn't cost the minimum number of miles
Exactly! It's amazing how many people I know burn 25,000 miles on short domestic flight that I'll see listed on the airline web site for $225 or something ridiculous.