Originally Posted by
irishguy28
Why would you equate a "Light" fare with an award ticket?
If you check the pages for earning on the various airline partners, you will see the following (taken from the page for AF):
"Earning Miles and gaining XP isn't possible for: Reward tickets (tickets booked using Miles)"
I would (not equate but) compare a Light fare to an award ticket because with some airlines (such as DL or UA) the cheapest tickets (called Basic Economy) accrue less qualifying points whereas with FB it seems to accrue exactly the same.
More generally it seems that we will see a significant increase in the number of elite status holders if the XPs come so easily.