Originally Posted by ijgordon

Well, what they DON'T want is their competitors having easy access to how empty/full their flights may be and how CO thus allocates reward/upgrade seats. They probably feel that outweighs the impact of the few FTers who use KVS as you say you do. (And yes, FTers are a very small segment of the flying population -- witness how it took several weeks to get any meaningful feedback from any FTer on AA's one aircraft flying around with the new business class seats).