collect translates into profits for carriers, he added. ?I am sorry and perplexed that airlines like Delta are willing to turn down the opportunity to maintain long-time customers and income (my career has been in full swing for more than 40 years!) for nothing more than the ability to make a quick one-off buck now by selling my miles,? Harrell wrote on his blog. He?s grateful that he didn?t use his Delta SkyMiles to book personal trips because he would have had to scramble to rebook vacations and upgrades in the wake of his account cancellation. In the last episode of , Brian said: But Harrell said airlines including United, Alaska and Lufthansa still let him accrue miles when he buys a second seat for his cello. Limiting the amount of miles passengers can collect translates into profits for carriers, he added. Limiting the amount a miles passengers can collect translates into passengers limiting their travel on that airline, which costs an airline more than giving out miles for purchased tickets. I'm having trouble understanding what the airline's problem is here. He's paying for the seat, why can't he have the miles? If he wanted to consolidate the miles into one account I could understand the friction, but if they're maintained and managed separately, for tickets purchased and flights flown, what's the issue? -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own. On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:03:26 -0800, DevilsPGD wrote: In the last