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Nov 1, 2013, 6:16 pm

#765

raehl311

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dieuwer2

Yes, a restaurant or grocery store could get away with it if the DOJ had made it possible for there to only be three restaurants or three groceries stores in your entire town.

There is an economic reality to consider:

When FF programs were best, airlines were losing money and fuel was cheap.

It was never sustainable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraut

What is making this more aggravating is I am trying to get 2 First award seats from SFO to FRA on United metal. I looked from February all the way to September and not one flight available for 2 saver awards (even though First is empty for a lot of flights)!!!

One can hope that will change on Feb 1.

Last edited by iluv2fly; Nov 1, 2013 at 8:49 pm Reason: merge