Originally Posted by
Marathon Man
But to make us pay say, 100,000 miles to fly on a trip that should be 50k is NOT good. All it's done is up the ante and now, like gas prices, we suddenly are sometimes "okay" with the increased cost and we find ourselves justifying it even as we complain about it
I dont want to get OT but I understand the complaint about the mileage bump. The Airline directly controls the miles available and also the rates that are needed for redemption.
As for gasoline, its out of the oil companies hands. Not to say that they arent giddy when the world bids up oil futures and we see barrel prices at $60 and higher. But oil companies are going to pump that crude out of the ground whether they get $20 a barrel or $60. Which is directly opposite to how Airlines constrict or eliminate the "Saver" or as I call them the Normal mileage redemption rate.
Ken in Phx