Originally Posted by
rufflesinc
Do miles become more valuable when you have to spend more to get those miles?
Is that because DL is releasing more award seats or because there's less people competing for them?
Well, in the early 2010s, it was an extremely arduous task to secure award tickets at the saver level, especially when traveling with multiple people. I see you point about the cost of award tickets increasing, but with the significant increase in availability, you can actuallly redeem miles at the lowest level. To follow up on your second question, I think the increase in award availability is due to both Delta releasing more award seats and the reduction of miles earned on paid tickets. Additionally, AMEX now caps the amount of miles you can transfer to Delta on a yearly basis, so that helps too.