Are the days of Points collecting over?

[Jacques Vert]

Not sure I agree, given the frequent flyer program is the one part of the business that makes money, yes the airlines want to maximise their profit. But they don’t want to kill it!

There doing a pretty good job of doing just that.

 

[levelnine]

It does depend on who the 'they' is.

Qantas flooded the market with points during COVID to boost their revenue, so the recent devaluations make sense — too many points chasing too few seats. They aren't trying to kill the game — they're trying to keep it going.

The RBA does not care about points collection. Indeed, they have no qualms about killing it.

So Qantas is going to have to work hard to keep it alive (at the same rate of profitability for them) post-RBA changes.