Originally Posted by magic111
If airline A gives out 2 million awards and we the government tell you that 25% of them are standard awards is this going to be any more useful to you than the anecdotal evidence that some people get standard awards to Hawaii and some don't.
Also, the government doesn't currently report on-time statistics and nobody is suggesting that they collect and report award availability. The suggestion is that the government tell the airlines to report on data that is collected and known, but presently hidden from consumers, a la the on-time stats.
I think its an awesome idea.
peace,
~Ben~