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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by mikeef
I would expect every FF program out there to continue to move toward a revenue based model and away from the mileage model. No one understood the ramifications (or opportunities, for that matter) of the original model when AA first built it. It won't happen all at once, but it will happen.

Mike
Then we will see the IRS coming in to tax FF miles. If that happens - the FF programs are toast - and become nothing more than a passenger security tracking mechanism, upgrade priority mechanism, and marketing tool.
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