Originally Posted by
WestCoastPDX
I think the idea that a meaningful number of people purchase their tickets based on the redemption value of the miles they will earn flying is... laughable.
Sure, on FT, everyone maximizes that.
But the family in Redding driving to SFO to fly out to Des Moines to see grandma once every 3 years surely isn't going to pay extra to fly Alaska if their RDMs are 10% more valuable than what they would earn on UA.
this, x1000 or more
Originally Posted by
WestCoastPDX
Most people couldn't tell a 727 from a 747 (or, more applicably, a 737 from a 320, and aside from the MAX debacle, most don’t care anyway) and certainly mainly book on lowest ticket price. ...
and because they’re only making that one trip every three years, they tend to forget that they squawked about checked baggage fees and seat selection fees the last time