Hmm...would you consider it “okay” if you somehow were able to sell the second leg of the flight to another person, to occupy the empty seat? I know you can’t, just for the sake of argument. - That removes the empty seat issue, reduces this to a situation precisely equivalent to coupons, and services two people...it does take money from the airline, but so would an increase in coupon use.
Hmm...would you consider it “okay” if you somehow were able to sell the second leg of the flight to another person, to occupy the empty seat? I know you can’t, just for the sake of argument. - That removes the empty seat issue, reduces this to a situation precisely equivalent to coupons, and services two people...it does take money from the airline, but so would an increase in coupon use.