Originally Posted by
Anglo Large Clawed Otter
I think a nice solution would be to lower reward amounts, if paid with mileage solely earned from flying. This would directly reward loyalty for flying an airline, without diminishing the value of actually using an airline to obtain miles, rather than a credit-card.
IMO the ratio of flights flown to reward flights earned should stay the same. This means not raising the redemption rates.
J.Edward is right, why not just make the CC card companies pay CO more for the miles? The 1 mile/dollar spent ratio would have to go away, but it would avoid the silliness of a mile not being a mile.