<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by beaubo:
The overwhelming theme seems to be lack of TRANSPARENCY....just open the hood of these programs and show us what the hell is actually going on.
What is the methodology that the 'inventory management' uses to determine:
* HOW MANY award seats are allocated per flight and WHY
* WHEN are award seats released and WHY
* HOW MUCH do the programs pay the airlines per mile or per award to open up award seats and WHY...clearly there must be some inducement for the airlines to service their programs, but is the current inducement enough.
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These are interesting questions. But take BA as an example. Their business class and first class seats are highly sought after. But if you have a scheme that allows anyone to buy UNLIMITED BA miles at 1.7 cents per mile, how will transparency by BA help? (Note to
ozstamps - one cannot use iDine or credit cards to purchase an UNLIMIED number of BA miles for 1.7c/mile, but one could use the Inside Flyer promotion to do so).
[This message has been edited by PG (edited 08-31-2003).]