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Jul 19, 2010 | 9:00 am

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Originally Posted by oliver2002

Hmm... UA/CO/US have a similar dominant FFP position in the US and still M&M has a CC... I suppose the real reason is that no canadian credit card issuer has approached M&M with a decent deal.

I think the case is different. AC has the loyalty program in Canada. So a small market is combined with a single dominant player. Similar to QF in Australia which is also ruling supreme.

In the US you have a market 10-15 times bigger than Canada with many players in the market. Not one of the has a dominant position. And the niche for LH is still big enough whereas in Canada the niche is even smaller in a market which is small to start with.

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