Not always I will requalify for UA 1K for '12 @ < $2000 out of pocket, those 100K EQMs = 200K RDMs which can land me in Biz/FC on an Intl flight that would have brought 5 figures to that Carrier, on the other hand if I was dumb enough to purchase even a Y tkt to TLV I would be paying > .10 cpm for the cheapest ElCheapo and earn all of 11k EQMs while that same $$ can bring me in well over 25K in EQMs on domestic flights

so yes a Carrier will in some way get some $ for the miles it took for the so called free tkt, but if played correctly very little at that and at times a person can walk away making some $$ eg a recent trip that cost me $200 yielded me a VDB worth $400

this is exactly why I said Full Fare passengers may have a way to change things, once a Carrier pulls up my acct they wont listen , now had I been spending say $50K to make 1K and not <$2K and others doing likewise speak up Im sure any carrier will at least look it over to see if they want to change the way they are doing something, when they pull up and see the Compaliners are either on Free tkts or heavy discounted tkts they will simply move on to the next isuue at hand. and I dont Blame them