Originally Posted by
moulder3
Sorry, I should have clarified... While I am forced to book via a travel agent, I can choose any airline & flight cost. My point is simply that no other major airline restricts points to only bookings from their own website. If the announcement above is true, it's a questionable way to 'reward' your most valuable customers, seeing as much less valuable (and less loyal) customers can also get 6 points per dollar.
CO used to do this for a while - the cheapest fare classes earned only 50% miles unless booked on co.com. Didn't impact many corporate customers who were buying more expensive tickets, but there was still enough pushback that they rescinded it after a year or two.