Originally Posted by
sbm12
Actually is it "so typically" the vast majority of the frequent flier programs in the world. But go ahead with your idea that everything LK does is to screw the customer. It certainly is cute.
AA? B6? AC? WN? AS? YX? FL? Don't they do have one-way awards?
AA is one of the biggest airlines in the world, and WN is the largest domestic carrier in the U.S.
My issue isn't so much that CO does or doesn't have one-way awards, but it's the characteristic chutzpah of "innovating" the program by letting you book half the benefit for the full cost...
I don't think LK is screwing the customer so much as he is taking us for a pack of dupes. Just like his ridiculous premium section, or, even better, his non-existent "elite" seating benefit, which consists of whomever gets the window and aisle seats first in the "premium" section gets to call them "elite" seating, although, in all fairness to CO, the scare quotes appear even on their own website...
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US.../services.aspx