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Old Nov 2, 2013 | 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Jenbel
We also don't have the same level of credit card mileage earning in Europe. The fact that UA has had to make it harder to book non-US premium classes could be a reflection of the inflation in mileage earning in the US - when booking on other carriers, it's not an isolated market, and any carrier would be stupid to disadvantage its own frequent flyers because another carrier is giving miles away like confetti.
Certainly if I were LH or whoever and I saw that UA was covering up its mismanagement on the travel provider side by selling billions of MP miles to credit card companies to give away, I would charge UA a premium for putting award travelers in my premium classes. Especially if my own customers had to earn those kinds of awards the hard way. @:-)
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