<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LLZ:
Yes. But if that was the problem with the tons of availability offered (as suggested by a previous poster) it's just plane stupid then. The Saturday night stay requirement was always targeted at business travel (i.e. keeping the fare higher) what does that have to do with award travel?</font>
Hey, I'm never one to defend CO, but you have to understand that that changes the nature of your question.
I mean, you're now no longer asking "how come caviar tastes bad?" Your question has become, "how come the rotten fish tastes bad?" ...Um...because it's rotten fish?
CO is still in the dark ages regarding Saturday night stays on awards. Remember, if you're in the ivory tower in Houston, the customers are the enemy, and they must have rules in place to prevent the enemy from getting away with any value for their One Pass miles.
I mean, sure AA and UA et. al. allow standard rewards without Saturday night stays, but they're so much larger that they do not need to be so protective of their inventory. And sure Southwest et. al. allow awards without Saturday night stays, but they're so much smaller that they do not need to protect their inventory.
(????????? Circular logic = Revenue Management ????????)