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Hotel companies also provide a mix of unusual nontravel rewards. Best Western International's 10-year-old Gold Crown Club International program gives its members 3 points for every $1 spent at a Best Western hotel. The points can be redeemed for everything from groceries to savings bonds to movie passes. Points can also be exchanged for gift certificates at major retailers like Home Depot, Macy's and the Sharper Image. "With enough points, you can go to Home Depot and redo your whole kitchen," says Wayne Wielgus, vice president of worldwide marketing and sales for Best Western. "Our members...
...season is $555, and the price is just about the same for trips between London and Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Some ways a traveler can get a better deal: CHARTER FLIGHTS offer the cheapest fares but also involve the most restrictions (although some are frequently ignored). Any nontravel organization at least two years old can charter a plane and sell the seats at cost to members of at least six months standing. Average tab: $230. Most members of teachers, lawyers, fraternal or many other organizations qualify, and an ingenious travel agent can usually find some charter flight...
...also fueling their campaign with charges of excessive salaries and nepotism indulged in by M-G-M brass. Says New York Judge Louis Goldstein, who says he represents more than 200,000 shares: "In 1955, Nicholas Schenck, then Loew's president, received $171,786 in salary and nontravel expenses; Charles Moscowitz, vice president and treasurer, received $156,429; Schary...
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