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Old Sep 29, 2015 | 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by ExtonUS
All things that are known but also just a pet peeve of mine is poor quality reporting.

Someone flying 200k miles for $25k is definitely not a business class customer. He may be a corporate customer. He may be a frequent flyer. He may be many things and valuable, but he most definitely is not flying business class....at least not paid.
Private investment firm...If it's a sizable one, I bet he flies a mix of J and Y cabins (obviously in lesser fare buckets), likely with sizable corporate discounts.
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