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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 10:45 am
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Marathon Man
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thanks PJMiles, wannafly and Randy, and others...

I am just hoping SOMEONE can look into ways to make what exists become better for all. I am starting to find that many companies have figured out this strange and unfortunate dynamic:

that which is good for the customer is not good for business--as it stands these days, what, with a down economy.

BUT, I think in the long run, it SURE IS, and that, my friends, may be the very thing needed to bring back the good times!

I think the policies and errors of points.com is going to cost them down the line. That's bad for biz also. FT could do something like this with less of a concern on merely turning a profit on the transfer itself. Instead, it could run it in such a way where membership to that particular part of the specialized forum could have some sort of costs or fees associated with it that many of us would gladly pay.

Well, We will wait and se eif Randy can come up witha few cool idea on this one. I would love to offer my help or ideas where needed. My site link, www.theothersideoftraveling.com has a whole bunch of things describing what can go wrong, that's for sure.

MM
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