Originally Posted by
3Cforme
I appreciate true intellectual curiosity and the accumulation of knowledge for its own sake, but SkyMiles members have no reason to care how this is settled, not any more than how a payment from Bank A makes its way to Bank B.
Someone mentioned in another post that United Airlines stated publicly early this year how their revenue was hurt due to all the partner redemptions. That just got me thinking if its really that expensive for Delta when customers redeem on partner flights.