Originally Posted by
3Cforme
Delta and UA have shown the growth of their card revenue. It's very big ($3 Billion for Delta, up 50% from 2014) and shows no signs of turning down.
I don't see much support for the idea that carriers need to make saver awards available for redemptions of sold miles.
Things started to stall in 2017. Delta had Amex send out special offers to it's prior credit card holders waiving the once in a lifetime rules. They did that because revenue was up?
VFTW has a headline on a blog post a year ago quoting an AA SEC filing
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...lines-profits/
And a more recent post discussing the issue. You might not agree, but the statement that there isn't much support for the argument doesn't seem grounded in fact.
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ed-miles-fell/
United actually has redemptions available to a far greater degree.