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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:27 pm
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Japhydog
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Originally Posted by GoHogsAR
Speaking of Wal-Mart, they require all flights to be booked through their Travel department. I know for a fact that their employees (associates) don't get the frequent flyer miles. I wonder if they negotiate better fares in lieu of FFM because of the sheer volume?
I guess if the fare code purchased is some Priceline-type code, then there would be no frequent flier miles.

In terms of a company forcing an employee to give the company miles, I don't think it's workable. Obviously, the company could fire an employee who wouldn't play the game. Absent this, what's to prevent the employee from saying, "no, I don't want to be a part of those FF programs -- they're all scams." Then, in order to do an end-run around the Travel Dept., the employee just sends the BP to the airline after the fact and gets the miles anyway?
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