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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by JY1024
Interesting...wonder if the motive was geared more towards streamlining operations or towards generating revenue (or both).
It's gotta be the latter. I don't know how this streamlines operations, AA's press release notwithstanding; seems to me that GAs will not be spending a lot of time explaining the rules and processing CFCs. Still, as an elite, I like the change, if for no reason other than schadenfreude.
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