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...satellites and surveillance planes pick out possible smugglers and relay their whereabouts to ships down below. The smugglers are beyond the U.N.'s reach as long as they stay in Iraqi and Iranian territorial waters. But there are a few swaths of water beyond the U.S.-recognized 12-mile limit where the Jarrett and other allied warships can pounce. The recent spike in oil prices has made smuggling more lucrative. During its two months on the gulf assignment, the Jarrett's crew expects to board at least 30 vessels and order violators to friendly ports, where their ships and cargo...
...Miles are the global currency right now," says Jim Davidovich, who runs United Airlines' frequent-flyer program. "It's not the euro, it's the mile. And it's hot." So hot that Randy Petersen, who began InsideFlyer magazine as a one-man operation in 1986, now has 32 employees and several websites, including Flyertalk.com This is where you go for buzz on the best promotions and the boasts of frequent flyers who make Phillips look bush league. "There's one guy out there with 13 million miles," Petersen says...
...making out like the airlines themselves. Why? "Because we sell the miles," says Bruce Chemel, president of American Airlines' frequent-flyer program. "Healthy Choice, Citibank, Hilton and Avis are all buying little pieces of the ticket." Partner companies pay about 2[cents] a mile, which can add up to more than an airline makes on a straight round-trip sale. "They're not giving anything away for free," says Petersen, who estimates a $2 billion windfall for the airlines in 1999. Still, Petersen says, no more than 15% or 16% of the seats on each flight are available to reward...
...Border Patrol agents stationed along the 3,987-mile border between the continental U.S. and Canada...
...Border Patrol agents along the 1,933-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico...