<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnG:
Therefore, I personally feel that it certainly cannot hurt to pay for a subscription to his magazine. FT provides an enourmous amount of knowledge, I feel its only fair to offer a little something in return. Add the many great mileage offers IF has and you really arent spending much money at all, considering what you are getting.</font>
What about those people who have bought hundreds of subscriptions just to get bonus miles? They paid for those subscriptions, so shouldn't they be able to choose what to do with them?
Personally, I give away subscriptions of magazines I don't want anymore to people at work. Should I say to them, "Sorry, you will have to buy the magazine from the newstand now. I'll just throw my copy away." I know that people can save their subscriptions for coming years, but how many companies do you know have been around for hundreds of years? Maybe IF will be the first magazine to last that long?
If someone does happen to give me one subscription, IF is not losing any money. I would not have bought a subscription on my own and the subscription would merely be transferred, resulting in the subscriber's cost of miles being partially subsidized.
I think this is a way that IF could actually sell MORE subscriptions. Well, maybe the owner has a kind heart and cares more about spreading the information the "right" way...
I say it's up to the subscription owners.
[This message has been edited by JKFlyer (edited 08-25-2003).]
[This message has been edited by JKFlyer (edited 08-25-2003).]