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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 9:57 pm
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Originally Posted by jwhite4
Certainly for those using double mileage (Choice, Standard, etc) awards, those definitely do deprive the airline of revenue, since that is a seat that could be sold.
Only if the plane goes out completely full and a passenger willing to pay for that seat is turned away and takes another carrier.

A seat that "could" be sold is worth nothing . (Unless you're into Black-Sholes models)
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