Azstar, the issue is not that if a “free” ticket is still a good deal at fifty dollars. The issue is the leap they make from 25K air miles to the “free ticket”. 25K does not equal a free ticket.
If I gave you a five dollar bill, have I just provided you dinner? Perhaps if you found a low end fast food chain and got the value meal. Can I claim after handing you five dollars I've fed you? No.
It appears they have stopped the sales pitch using that phrase on the ground. Legal reasons perhaps? Why would a company stop it a deceptive practice on the ground but continue it in the air.
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