But are there any airlines out there that award miles on a redemption? Save for BMI back in the days (and on Star Alliance redemptions via retro claims), it is not possible.


I always pondered why airlines do not award tier miles on redemptions though. It's not like redeeming miles is constrained to the particular airline to say the passenger would be trying to profiteer from the process. It would be some form of recognition which gives loyal customers even more incentive to stick with the airline for future flights, and, burn miles.