Originally Posted by
bertheike
Your example is out of reality. Until now, I not saw a shop which sells gift-cards or reward points, and then goes upprice with the awards more than 50 or even 90 % ! Here in Germany we have PayPal, which is a good way to compare. I awarded points, has a value of 1 cent. And the Produkts you can buy maximum increase may be 5-10 % in one year. And this also only, if production cost go up.
But the costs per seat in the airline Industrie in the last 2 years not went up, them went down, due to lower oil/fuel.
I also own a business, I rent out rooms. And if I rent out a room for 1000 $ and after 6 month I go up 50% and after another year again 50 %, I get a problem with court. I can not go up in this short time by such a huge % !
Maybe you can't in Germany but you can in the US (unless you live in a rent controlled city).
But let's say your friend wants a pair of shoes that sell on Amazon for $100. So you buy a $100 Amazon gift card for him. In the meantime the price of the shoes went up to $150.
Nothing illegal, immoral or unethical about that.
You mention Thailand in your profile. Thai currency has dropped 20% against the US Dollar in the past few months. So buying something in the US is now 20% more expensive in Thai Baht terms. Does that mean you get to take Thailand to court because their currency devalued?