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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 8:42 pm
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deepdishus
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Originally Posted by jessej
in reality there is a cost to the airlines to provide frequent flier miles and that cost is reflected in the ticket price

if the cost of the airline ticket was broken out, and people realized that around 10% of the fare is going to run ffm programs, the attitdes might change
This is interesting. I never really got into the economics of fares and miles. So in effect what you're saying is that each person who pays for an airline ticket, regardless of whether he or she is a frequent flyer member with that airline, shares the cost of supporting that airline's FF program?
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