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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 11:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Centurion
No way are these fuel charges going down in relation to oil prices. The surcharge money is almost pure profit to airlines. It is a scam and the people put up with until the rules are changed. But I do not know how the rules will be changed in the USA where Senators and Congressman have their own special reservation phone numbers that would make your plutonium elite status special phone numbers seem worthless. Yes I am talking to you Concierge Key, 1K Global, US Chairman, etc ego centric people. No Santa and there is a higher unpublished status than you have.

Agreed.

As to the super-special people, in another thread you missed a very entertaining discussion of those black VIP folders that some concierges carry when escorting the VIPs. Clearly, some high status members here were a bit jealous, or at least pretended.
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