I agree, I (along with many hundreds even thousands of regular people) have too many of the cough*ers and use a few hundred thousand a year on a well earned J trip with my partner. It seems that they are disguising the new effort of chiseling with marketing spin.... I'm sure others (who are known)...
That is true...but to me the point is the extra 'points' cost that is in this case almost 5x the original....just my observation and thoughts.... I bow to those with greater intellect and knowledge
100% the flight is a necessary evil for me...we do J class all o/s trips not because we like flying but to make the flying haul bearable (and even really nice)....but my preference would be to be in Europe in an instant. Everyone else's MMV!