the difference may be this
the vouchers are issued with a expiration date for a year. i am sure that some fraction of those vouchers are never redeemed, and hence your giving up a seat doesnt cost the airlines anything
if they were to give ff miles, that liabilty may extend indefinitley, and the airline unwittingly gives you access to a better seat, ie, they give you 25k for bump then you add 25k of your own miles for a 50k reward to europe
Originally Posted by Need A Beach
If you are offered a voucher when you get bumped, do you think an airline would be willing to give you miles instead of the voucher? I assume you could just use the voucher to buy the miles from the airline like AA does on their website, but why not just ask the GA for miles instead. Anyway, just exercising my creativity this afternoon. Any input appreciated. Thanks everyone.