Sorry Vulcan, but I disagree ONE HUNDRED PERCENT with that statement.
Allowing essentially unlimited BF availability for upgrades and rewards would be suicide for CO. As has been mentioned previously, CO manages to sell BF, often at a price premium. Loosening or eliminating capacity controls would, to paraphrase Gordon Bethune, allow the low-fare inmates to run the upscale asylum.
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[This message has been edited by avek00 (edited 10-26-2002).]