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Originally Posted by VPescado
While (as I posted above) I haven't abused bereavement fares and I think at the least doing so would be in bad taste, I don't really think what is being suggested is as bad as what the airlines do themselves.
Consider the "Donate your miles to TragedyVictims/KidsWith/Cancer/ServicemenOnLeve/etc." Programs that the airlines often run: Let's say they sell 25K mile to a credit card company for $200 (probably a low figure). Then someone who earns the miles from the CC company donates them back to help some deserving soul get a free Domestic Saver Award. The marginal cost to them on this award is likely to be less than $30. So They are making $170 bucks on someone's generosity. If they had any integrity they would make an offer of "donate 5K miles and we'll give someone in need an award seat". . . .and they'd still likely make a slight profit on the transaction. Until they do that, I am not going to look down on someone that abuses bereavement fares and costs the airlines some extra profit. |
I received this notice via email today from NW:
New Domestic Medical/Bereavement Fare Policy Effective December 13, 2005, Northwest Airlines will require a WorldPerks number in a reservation for the customer to be eligible for discounted one way and roundtrip emergency fares for travel within the 50 U.S. and Canada when travel is due to the hospitalization or death of an immediate family member. Immediate family members are defined as spouse, domestic partners, children (including adopted children), parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild (any step/adopted/half/in-law versions), great-grandparent, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle. Membership in any other frequent flyer program will not qualify customers for a domestic medical/ bereavement fare. |
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Originally Posted by frederoil
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