Peter Duniho wrote:

To the FAA, profiting as a result of your flying means it's a commercial
enterprise.

Perhaps it's because your native language isn't English...but honestly, it
didn't occur to me I should have to be so explicit about that statement.

Well, you wrote:

To me, the new rules make more sense than allowing a Private pilot's
entire costs to be paid by someone else. Any amount of money a pilot
spends less than his passengers is net profit. Net profit means
commercial enterprise.

If this means that it's only the FAA's opinion and not yours, then I
agree that I have a language problem.

Stefan