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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 10:16 am
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Originally Posted by wanaflyforless
CC companies pay their affiliated airlines about 1 cent per mile. Number is based on a combination of analyzing investor airline statements along with FF miles data published by Randy/Inside Flyer.
Can you provide a source for this? Based on the few instances I've seen hints of these values (e.g. balance sheets, using BMI cash plus miles rates, etc), I believe wholesale is closer to .5 cpm.
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