Originally Posted by deepdishus
This is interesting. I never really got into the economics of fares and miles. So in effect what you're saying is that each person who pays for an airline ticket, regardless of whether he or she is a frequent flyer member with that airline, shares the cost of supporting that airline's FF program?
The income derived from all tickets goes to pay proportionately for all expenses incurred by the airline. FF program is just one of many expenses that are funded by the ticket revenue stream. In short--Yes.