They should separate out the government revenue from the airline revenue of these tickets - as it is now the vast majority of agents aren't told about the breakdown either so they can't even separate out Delta's fees when you ask them.
So far I'm finding the grass actually is much greener on the other side with regard to award / reward travel. Perhaps that will change, but it hasn't yet, thankfully (except for the partial devaluation of transatlantic award with the very unfortunate AA-BA cooperative agreement, but the other awards are much better with AA ime.)
Awards aren't suppose to be just another way to sell tickets and generate revenue directly, they are suppose to be rewards to customers to encourage loyalty and generate more overall revenue.