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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by androobe
Of course that's an assumption and actually the opposite could be true, perhaps the kiosk miles are doing quite well, so they decided to invest in the technology for people to be able to buy them through OLCI too. If they weren't selling any at the kiosk, why would they assume more people would buy them online and bother spending the money to update the OLCI?
Sure it's an assumption, that's all we will have here on this topic. If they were selling lots of these at the kiosk, then those passengers would not be part of the target population for online selling, reducing that population and making it less likely that they would incur the cost to implement online selling. If they aren't selling well at the kiosk, perhaps it is because passengers are in a hurry at the kiosk and don't want to take the time to mess with it then, so let's give them an opportunity to buy when they check in online.
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