they are a monopoly, they will continue doing what they want, the only way to stop it is by convincing the credit card companies that these points have no value, which if i remember correctly was the reason why aeroplan had that crazy deal where the gave business class for economy prices and first for business prices, the rumor was the credit card companies had complaints from customers that they never find availability and they passed on their worries to aeroplan and they freaked out to show a certain quota of tickets booked were reached.
So any one here up to mass emailing the CEO'S of amex canada and cibc?