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Jul 6, 2013, 3:52 PM

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You can say its a joke all you like but the reason they dont regularly release lts of seats regularly is because they need to make sure they sell commercial fares. Avios sears do not operate purely for your own privilege. Its released when its considered that they are effectively going to be spare. Stop being so damn whiney and selfish. If they released lots of avios regularly as you suggest they would at the very least see profits dip. All would then happen is prices would be increased eksewhere to compensate.

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