What makes people so interested in Frequent Flyer Miles?
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you can get FREE or reduced flights...What is there not to get???
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YEP! They like the extra "show"......Just contact the director of the activities, or the place hosting the sport and make arrangements with them! You can usually find the info on the racing sites on who to contact. Better to call and actually speak with a person though, and make sure you take names!
316336
Same here.  It's perpetuated by the people on it so it doesn't get boring.  And it changes so fast that you feel you need to stay around to keep up.
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what kind of project report are you doing? a comparative study on airlines regarding which airlines gives the best service, the most comfortable seats? the least boring long flights? \n\nor are you doing a case study on how airlines unwittingly cause the spread of a disease from one endemic place to another place, where the disease is not normally found? for example, malaria or avian flu
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People love to go places and see things and meet people... When people do this they are called Tourists...  Certain places are very popular for various reasons. The Scenery or the History, and most often the climate.  When a place is visited a lot it means that the tourists need services to be provided for their visit.  This comes in the form of Hotels and Accomadation. Restaurants and Diners, Buses Trains and Taxis.  These services come under the Heading of Hospitality.   It is an age old custom of humans to offer Hospitality to their Visitors. \nTourism is a major Industry throughout the world and many communities and countrys are relient on the Tourist coming and spending their money there. The hospitality side is a major way of gaining the dollars spent. Yes they are two different industries but cannot really exist without the other.   Tourism is the reason people come to a place and it usually cost them money to get there and partake in the activities.  Hospitality is how we look after them and care for their needs whilst they are visiting.
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Because it is addicting, fun, and competitive. We all need more of these things in life. Oh yeah, and you nprobably want the recognition too!
873955
I think you get free miles (like 42,000) for all the major airlines, and if the airplane reaches 42,000 feet, then you get bonus miles and an upgrade to first class.
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Because they think that the 2 points will buy them something, I suppose, But I cannot speak for them. I am too busy trying to figure out what I can do with these points. Perhaps I can upgrade to business class on an airline????
972332
My 54 year old mother in law rides several 100 mile  days a week!  I think it depends on the person and the shape they're in.  Not to mention some people just seem to have more stamina than others.
903659
Travel benefits and the chance to travel as part of your job.\nIts a customer service type of job.  Pilots work for airlines too.  They like to fly big airplanes and carry great responsibility.
642355
I work at a major airport so I freqently see pro athletes who are traveling. Some of them are really cool and will talk to you nicely if you tell them you're a fan, but others are jerks. It's a mixed bag. Just be respectful of their space if you run into one out in public. Don't go interrupting their meal or their phone call just to say how big a fan you are.
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The longer you stay in their cabs, the more money they lose since they could have taken that time to acquire a new passenger and immediately charge them the initial $2.40 dollar charge (plus whatever extras they have to charge them); but they can charge you that initial charge only once even if you ask them to go to two destinations.\n\nIf you think about it, they actually profit more from a larger number of passengers that go for short-distance trips than a smaller number of passengers that go for long-distrance trips, in the same lenght of time.
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pay bills and buy my famlies houses and cars. Oh, yeah, take a trip in first class on an airplane.  Sounds stupid, but I've always wanted to be in first class :(  Damn those people and their little curtain!! LOL
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because human wanted to fly and they wanted an easy way to go around the world
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Because people always desire more.  It's just human nature.
689385
Target flyers to individuals who will be interested in what you have to offer. If I'm interested, then I'll read them.  If not, I throw them away.  If you can find a group of people who will respond, and won't throw them away, then you dont' have to spend as much making & mailing those flyers because you aren't just giving them to everyone.  Assume it costs you $0.50 per flyer to print & mail.  If you just send them to 500,000 addresses randomly, then that will cost you $250,000.  However, if it's just random, then most of those people will just throw them away -- which wastes your money.  But, if you use database marketing analysis (RFM, logistic regression, cluster analysis, CHAID, etc) to discover a small segment of 50,000 people who are highly responsive to what you have to offer, then you only spend $25,000 to mail to them, but a large percentage of them will respond and buy something from you.  You can check out the Direct Marketing Association, SPSS, and Omniture for more information.
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Speaking of aviation, I think most people respect us.  As to those who might not, we really don't much care.  We are who we are, and for 46 years piloting has served me well.  The service we provide is in high demand by those who wish to travel quickly.  If they didn't respect us, I doubt they'd put their lives in our hands.  One man's opinion.