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Old Jul 9, 2010, 7:45 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
I'm still trying to figure out why they're doing it. Do airlines need elites? Is there some math out there that says elites pay more per future ticket or something like that to justify them giving it away so much?
I think their stupid policies of the last few years drove away all of their "real" Elites, like the ones that CO/AA/UA/DL picked up. So now, among the heavy-travel business community, US's reputation is so poisoned that they have resorted to creative means of hooking leisure travelers.

Originally Posted by Mackieman
While James is an arrogant doucheteroid (made of intergalactic douche particles), so is Kobe Bryant.
'Tis why I love hockey. I can count the number of publicly famous for egotism hockey players on one hand.

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