How ‘Secret Fares’ Might Change the Way You Fly https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...he-way-you-fly

Article today in Bloomberg discusses “secret fares”. It sounds like these are like Priceline’s longstanding opaque fares. Unpublished and below airline own prices. I assume these don’t earn miles. Of course the article discusses then solely in the context of price and doesn’t mention how they afffect elite benefits and mileage earning. Any ideas here?

Launch airlines mentioned:
Air Canada
Air China
COPA
LATAM
Turkish
WestJet

​​​​​​​The main US domestic airlines are apparently considering this too...