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American Airlines, which introduced frequent-flyer bonuses in 1981, created a mixed blessing for the airline industry. Customers have collected so many miles -- an estimated 70 billion in American's case -- that carriers have huge future obligations to give out free-ticket awards. In part to whittle down that liability, American Airlines has launched AAdvantage Extra, a system that allows passengers to exchange their unused mileage credits for discounts on everything from diamond jewelry to inflatable catamarans. Passengers who have flown at least 20,000 miles receive a catalog listing available rebates when they buy such items as a Toyota...
...could resist the temptation? The ever solicitous Citibank dangled before me in the autumn mail an offer of a preapproved Visa card that would grant one frequent-flyer mile on American Airlines for each dollar charged. The lure of these two American obsessions -- credit and free travel -- proved irresistible, so I mailed the form and soon received cards for my wife and me. A month later, after we had rung up more than $4,200 in charges (about 20% of what would be needed for a free round-trip domestic ticket), my wife pulled out the card to purchase...
Although Citibank finally reopened my Visa credit line, it has not returned my wife's card. But it did mail me an R.S.V.P. certificate to apply for another Citibank-American Airlines frequent-flyer credit card. And this one offers a free round-trip companion plane ticket. Wonder if I should apply...
...under Trump's "On Time Guarantee," passengers receive a voucher for their choice of frequent flyer mileage, a free one-way companion ticket or a $20 American Express gift certificate whenever their plane is late. Even one-and-a-half minutes late...
...nine, Garber read in the evening Star about an airplane demonstration. He mooched 50 cents from his father and hopped the Washington trolley to Arlington National Cemetery. When he stepped down, he heard a strange sound, looked up and saw Orville Wright steer his Military Flyer above him with Lieut. Frank Lahm, one of the first military pilots, at his side. Garber ran up the hill to Fort Myer, where President William Howard Taft was witnessing the birth of American air power. Years later, Garber, by then a friend of the Wright brothers, acquired both their original plane...