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Frequent Fliers Getting Scarcer

January 10, 2006 at 2:14 PM | 0 Comments

An airlines study put together by USA Today has found that the number of seats bought using frequent flier miles has decreased from 1 in 14 a couple years ago to 1 in 16 now. That's a decrease of 13%. Sure, one reason for the decrease is that people are finding it harder to redeem the precious miles for seats. Another reason, though, is that for domestic flights at least, the miles are worth less because of competition from the discount carriers.
 
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