Originally Posted by pitz

Jazz flights to low-volume destinations are very expensive for AC compared to mainline. The CASM to run up to, say, YPR, YXT, YYD, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, various places in Quebec, Ontario, Bathurst, etc, etc. is huge compared to mainline flights. For redemptions to the far north, the costs are right off the charts (we have examples of people redeeming 25k rewards for tickets that would retail $5k or more!).

For revenue tickets, they charge accordingly for those flights. But they're the same redemption under the current scheme. Which almost certainly costs AC.