Travel hacking and churning have lots of incompatible answers to the same question:
[Q]: Are two one-way bookings cheaper than a roundtrip?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is a round-trip booking cheaper than two one-way bookings?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is booking for two cheaper than booking for one, on a per-passenger price?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is booking for one cheaper than booking for two, on a per-passenger price?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is the Citi Shop Your Way Rewards card the absolute best card to get?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is the American Express Business Platinum the absolute best card to get?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Will Hertz throw me in jail if I rent with them?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Will I have no issues renting through Hertz?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Will Chase shut me down if I ramp my spending by 10x in a month?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Will Chase let me continue if I ramp my spending by 10x in a month?
[A]: Yes*
[Q]: Is SideShowBob233 a real person?
[A]: Yes*
When you’re collecting datapoints or asking for advice, don’t forget that absolutes are almost never there. Instead, we see trends and patterns.
*: Sometimes It’s either route specific, destination specific, airline specific, bank specific, person specific, or card specific. Or maybe just specific specific.
MEAB in a nutshell, sometimes the “may” is absolute.