Word: frequentative
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...have is free time when we go home, and we can hardly stand it. We never admit it to our friends, of course, even if they notice our frequent glances at the loaded backpack in the corner of our room. We don’t tell them that the only student Harvard loves more than a workaholic is a student it can make into a workaholic. Everyone else takes a year...
...more miles when necessary. The holy grail of frequent-flyer rewards is the free ticket for accumulating 25,000 points, or miles. But it's tough to book one with only two to 20 seats on each flight available for rewards. By contrast, for travelers willing to use 40,000 miles, all seats on each flight are available. Many people balk at using so many miles, but it's not a bad deal. Consider this: the accepted value of a single airline mile is about 2¢ (figured on the basis of a 25,000 miles per $500 coach ticket...
...Avoid "dilution"--the industry's term for spreading your business among airlines or hotels and belonging to many programs. According to Mark Lacek, CEO of MilePoint.com--whose website allows you to exchange miles for magazine subscriptions and merchandise discounts--half the country's frequent flyers haven't earned enough points to qualify for any reward. In part, that's because they fly on many carriers rather than focusing...
...Delta Airlines, are pushing to form an unprecedented three-way alliance that is causing even more consternation among their competitors. The three airlines have asked the Department of Transportation (DOT) to rapidly approve the alliance, which would allow the carriers to "code-share" on domestic flights, make interchangeable their frequent-flyer programs and combine sales and marketing operations. The DOT allowed a similar deal between United and US Airways, but this one would be even larger, accounting for more than 35% of the U.S. air-travel market...
...major step that Harvard still needs to take, regardless of its steps up and steps back against BC and Maine, is its big game performance—a full 60 minutes of effort, without the frequent penalties...