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Old Apr 7, 2021, 9:25 am
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ChurnieEls
 
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Originally Posted by MiamiAirport Formerly NY George
My guess is that after awhile some of that business travel will come back because of the disaster that's going to occur in industry after industry with this mentality that anything done in person can be accomplished on a Zoom call. But it's not all going to come back, particular expensive long haul.
Well, I mean it looks like its worked for most Companies for the past year or so...

I agree that business travel will come back in some guise, but instead of a crew of auditors being on site for 2 months at year end (to draw from my own industry), you'll see every other week and critical on-site work (walkthroughs and the likes) being compressed into that week.

AA (and DL, UA) will pivot to what they're doing now, monetizing F - cheaper sticker fares/upgrades but more volume. So less upgrades for status'd fliers.
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