Mathew, I thought security was paid for by the flying public through a surcharge = on each ticket. Al ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Matthew Montano=20 To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:54 PM Subject: Re: No more specials for FF There's a simple reason why there will be no more special lines for = FFs. Presently, all security is paid for BY the airlines. With the US government taking it over, that special 'say' is gone. Of course, the government is charging you for it ($5 per trip or something), but I = can' imagine the airlines have lowered their ticket prices respectively. The special security lines allow frequent fliers to avoid the dreaded "infrequent flier."