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Driving by DCA
Many people have been saying for years that airlines should start moving to revenue-based rather than miles-based FF programs. They can't do that without upsetting the whole apple cart--too big a change.
This has its flaws as well: an $900 LAX-JFK Y ticket is very profitable for UA, $900 LAX-SYD ticket not so. Profit-based would be more interesting, but nobody knows how much profit an individual ticket brings.