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Old Mar 16, 2018, 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Cris L
Way way back in the days of KLMuk, KLM used to invite a selection of flyers to dinners annually.

I believe I went to about 3 dinners funded entirely by KLM, and subsequently met a few of the flyers for Xmas dinners on our own dime!
When I was at Analysys Mason one of our Senior Consultants was invited to one of their shindigs as something like the 15th most regular flyer on the airline that year.

Originally Posted by crazy8534
Sorry to burst any bubbles but the people putting away 5 figure TPs per year are probably of little commercial importance to the airline. More likely upper middle
management, consultancy or free-lancers.
And that is exactly the type of the Senior Consultant I mentioned above. He would have had perhaps eight years experience and would make Partner two or three years later. Certainly not a source for millions of Pounds worth of travel.
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