Originally Posted by
zbenye
Y award USA-Middle East: 80K; C award: 120K. That's a 50% premium for a C award.
Y paid: $1200; C paid: $3600. That's a 200% premium.
So no, it is not false accounting. I won't pay a 200% premuim but gladly pay a 50% premium.
Doesn't that prove the point you are attempting to disprove? The idea is that people consider the cash cost of C to determine the value of the miles they are spending, despite the fact that they wouldn't pay cash for C.