Originally Posted by
af fp
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.
Be that as it may - and there are many FFPs that give elite qualifying miles/points for ALL of their discount products - there is no FFP (that I know of) that grants qualification miles/points for award travel. So to assume this means FB would give XPs for award travel is neither supported by your comparison, nor anticipated by general FFP standards.
Originally Posted by
af fp
More generally it seems that we will see a significant increase in the number of elite status holders if the XPs come so easily.
But don't forget that XPs are a "compromise" between the two former qualifying routes. You are thinking solely in terms of "Level Miles", but there was a qualification mechanism - Level Segments - that counted
the most expensive full-fare La Première sector that you could buy exactly equally as the cheapest Economy Light fare you could find on a short or domestic sector. 1 Level Segment was awarded for each sector flown, regardless of the cost of the ticket, or the cabin in which you flew.