anat0l
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A Currrent Affair on Ch9 tonight has a segment on Fly Buys & EDR & how it's not all it's cracked up to be. They clearly haven't spoken to the AFFer based in SA with a love of cat food & penchant for taco seasoning!
There's a huge "phobia" (or whatever) out there which basically says that purchasing points (or purchasing for the sole purpose of points) is a stupid idea, up there with acknowledging Scientology.
On top of that, ACA focuses highly on only Y fares (since they seem to be the "easiest" to get, i.e. need less points saved up to get them, they use less points than J or F, and most people wouldn't even think of J or F due to the cash price anyway) and families (viz. the common 2 adults and 2 kids, which probably means wheeling out the Y fares because even J or F for 2+2, though at identical rates with points, is still onerously difficult due to the absolute expense required, and the rate becomes less important than the absolute cost in this case).
Certainly, most of the dynamics we talk about here are mainly cater best to individual flyers and, to a lesser extent, couples.