There is nothing unethical about a client asking for or a travel agent giving a discount. It happens a million times a day all over the world. Mark "Michael C. Berch" wrote: > OK, will someone explain to me what is "unethical" about customers > demanding, or travel agents offering, a commission rebate? It's just > the free market at work. If a corporate account is willing to give all > its business to a particular agency, surely that's worth a discount on > commission - after all, that's a bunch of revenue that the agency does > not have to go out and chase down via advertising or other marketing > efforts. It's just like any bulk purchase - the more you commit to > buying, the lower the price. The commission is the agency's money, and > they are free to do with it what they please, including rebating it in > order to gain more customers or market share. Have some people > forgotten the principles of capitalism and free market economics? > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@postmodern.com