Originally Posted by
dilanesp
1. Cash fares aren't increasing, but the number of people paying them is. That's why transoceanic J cabins are expanding and additional routes are being chosen where demand for J is high.
But you seem to be arguing that the improvements in the product required an increase in price. I don’t see why that would only apply to award seats.
2. This is about standard awards as well as savers. They can charge as much as a million miles for a J seat.
Why stop there... a billion miles is just as rational and will sell just as few. Again, I don’t believe there is a big market even at today’s rates for standard J awards. I haven’t done the math, but I can’t imagine that even miles acquired via manufactured spend would see enough value for people to go down that route.