Originally Posted by
sbm12
And this is the most obvious of the many flaws in your universe.
Plenty of the folks in the B6 forum discuss using a reward one way and paying revenue for the other segment. So actually the ability to redeem one way is making the rewards easier to redeem. And that was with TB1. With TB2 the points have a dollar value and there are no limits on redemptions. So the parallels fall apart pretty quickly.
I am afraid that I don't see the flaw in my universe but I would be happy to read your explanation.
As far as your second point, where's the problem? The miles that would have been used on the return segment are still unused (which is good for the company) and the customer has paid hard cash for the other segment (which is good for the company).
Where is it ever bad (as far as the company is concerned) for the customer to spend $$$ vs getting a freebie?
Plus on a carrier like CO that technique would not likely be beneficial to anyone except the company since one-way fares are so expensive.