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Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by closetohome on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:04PM (#18364716)
Acquiring points is simple. Redeeming them requires a non-trivial amount of work.
Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by wpietri on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:27AM (#18382987)
Personally, I wouldn't even call acquiring points simple. Right now when I fly it's complicated enough to pick a flight. But one of the points of a frequent flyer program from an airline's perspective is to encourage me to fly their airline more often. So if I belonged to one of the programs, I'd also have to be doing the calculation of, "Oh, if I fly X instead of Y, I'd get enough miles to level up in status and/or get a free goodie." Which means having to learn and keep up with the rules, balances, and rewards of the various programs.

Do not want.