On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Travel Pages wrote:
> Actually, mileage loyalty plans make that happen less often than you'd imagine. People are, in fact, mostly half-brained, or believe the carriers to be so.
Sure, people want their miles. Still, fliers who commute regularly
(the folks most likely to benefit from B-2-B tickets) typically fly
enough to maintain high status in more than one FF program.
> How to sniff those out? Share/merge data with the competition.
Still, it seems like it would be pretty easy to spoof. I could use
my UA credit card to buy UA tickets and my AAdvantage VISA for
travel on American.
I could use different variations of my name for the different
airlines. And I could use a work address for one airline and
home for another.
I just don't see how they could ever clamp down on multi-carrier
B-2-Bs.
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