I do understand and am certainly not that happy about parts of the business. That is why i call for a floor on Saver awards so that part cannot be manipulated. As for their commitment, overall they haven't done too bad a job - heck, there were nearly 30 million free awards passed out last year. Now, i don't know what the overall demand would be without limits, but despite some of the cynics that declare no one can ever use their miles, the facts seem to indicate that some of us are doing quite well.
As for manipulation, are you referring to FlyerTalkers or the airlines? HA! One would have to be blind to not see that FlyerTalk has evened out the tables and crated hundreds of millions of extra miles that easily go into most members pockets when they might need to use a "double miles" award. But I agree that is not the way this should be.
Campaigning for setting realistic floors for redemption should be viewed as quite reasonable.
Originally Posted by negotiator
Randy:
In connection with your reply to the thread, in part, as follows:
What would actually resolve this is for an airline to step forward and actually say that we are reserving 10% of available seats or minimum of 10 Saver awards per flight each and every day
What I wouuld say is that the airlines are starving FF're based on revenue capacity as opposed to what they should be doing. They should be living up to their committments to provide what was, at one time, an unique program to Frequent Ffyers.
You know this don't ya! The business of Frequent flyerdom is a contingency busness that may, from time to time, be manipulated!
Please advise!!!
(negotiator)