Originally Posted by
GS8101
Cap of 75K just smacks hypocrisy and blind coping DL whose fares are cheaper. On two TPAC trips in the past a couple of years, both tickets were over $7k, I had to change return date and incur extra cost after completing the outbound. Once, I had to get a F ticket on a 744 because C class was sold out. At least I got CoS bonus miles. Next year, if this happens again, the extra $2500 I paid would have gotten me ZERO extra miles, assuming I am 1K which I will be later this year.
I understand your point. But in the new system, you'll already be getting a lot more RDM's than in the old system. My point is if there's no cap, at some point they could be giving away more in RDM's than the value of the C or F ticket you purchased. Would you expect any other company to do that?
I'm not defending the new scheme at all, its stupid. But to me, the cap is just common sense. Maybe you could argue the cap should be 80k or something else, but to not have a cap is just crazy. If you buy an expensive F ticket at market price, you expect to get your next F ticket to the same destination for free? That's what a lack of a cap might do.