Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Programs: DL PM/MM, AA ExPlat, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia, National ECE, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,619
I'm sure that MCI, car rental companies, and hotels pay a much lower rate than 2 cents per mile because of the sheer number of miles they award. The opportunites us consumers see are hardly "wholesale" in comparison to the FF programs major partners.