In a message dated 7/4/03 9:45:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
elliotts@joimail.com writes:
In Sundays newspaper, an ad by Prestige showed an airfare to London at
$519.
With the frequent 5x points, you are earning points at about 5,000 per hour
more or less so you can get a trip in something like 100 or 150 hours of play?
(don't flame me if my math is off by some factor - I'm long past my BA in
math). I don't think that's a bad deal even if it costs an extra $50 to buy the
ticket.
Most travel agencies are now forced to charge something to write a ticket
since the airlines are not paying them a reasonable commission any more. I
personally don't use a travel agency when I travel but for this sort of thing I
would not begrudge Prestige the right to charge and the right to stay in business
which they will definitely not if they can't charge for airline tickets. I
was a TA many years ago and it was hard even then with decent commissions to
make a living that way.
Karen
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