Originally Posted by
naumank
If this is true, how would it benefit customers ? The longer one holds the miles, the less the miles will be worth.
Worth more than zero which is the current value after a year and a half. If you could get a coffee and danish in 20 years for free it's a free coffee and danish.
For me, I earn mainly on partner airlines whose own programs are wastes of time or are IT nightmares, and buy based on my schedule and their price so I am not a huge regular earner but I'd rather have them than lose them.