Loyalty.test.LOYALTY TEST The stories have become legend. There's the Pudding Man, the California guy who figured out a way to earn 100 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the frequent flier frequent flier n. One who travels often by air, especially on one airline. fre  quent-fli miles for every 25-cent cup of pudding he purchased. He ended up with 1.2 million miles--worth 48 free domestic tickets--and 12,000 desserts. Then there are the LatinPass road warriors
The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis, though other members who zipped around the region earlier this year, cobbling together member hotel stays and flights in a quest to win a million-mile prize. Those flying fanatics are discussed like heroes in many an airport lounge. But are the mile maniacs ever going to see free tickets for their labor? Some airlines experts have their doubts. "Frequent flier mileage will eventually be worthless because the airlines will be more interested in selling that last seat than in giving it away," Julius Maldutis, managing director of equity research at CIBC World Markets CIBC World Markets is the investment banking division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It helps governments, large companies, and other large institutions obtain capital and credit and is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities. , told a conference of airline CEOs earlier this year. |
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