Originally Posted by
kebosabi
A MM qualification should be an incentive to reward the most frequent fliers who actually step foot on the plane and fly somewhere. It should not be a reward to those who buys thousands of Healthy Choice brands or do multiple 75k-100k Citicard signup bonus churns.
Why not? AA generates revenue from the sale of miles, presumably it made business sense up until now. These mileage programs are a huge moneymaker for airlines.