Originally Posted by
vandrei
You did get more. You didn't have to tie up your plans and your money months ago - you are paying for the right to make your plans and plunk down money at the last minute.
Am I missing the part that says you have to buy your tickets in advance and can't wait as well and therefore "not tie up your money"? Sounds like a choice you make. And you're getting "more" too - a better deal on the ticket by buying in advance.
Just as I've said in the DL forum - it's time certain routes stopped becoming "buy one or two and get one free" because of the amount of miles received. The airlines are finally realizing that it's not-sustianable that after an $800 fare to BKK, one is earning nearly enough miles for a free domestic ticket (and more than enough for a free domestic award if the person is an elite receiving bonuses) - One could earn enough miles after just 2-3 transcons, possibly totaling only a few hundred in spend, to get a free domestic ticket that could be redeemed for a ticket that would otherwise have cost as much as was spent in total on those transcons.
Time those who spend $500+ on a ticket and only get a 1,000 to 2,000 miles because it's a short hop start getting rewarded on the same scale as those those who were spending $200 but getting 4,000 to 6,000 miles due to flying transcons.