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customerserviceguy

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10. So, what other type of person flies?
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:22 AM
Jan 2019

Do you know anybody who gets on an airliner just for the fun of it?

I despise flying, last March I took a round-the-country trip by automobile. Yes, it helped considerably that I was retired, but I sure didn't miss being treated like cattle by the airlines.

Oh, and I do intend to fly, but only when I have enough frequent flyer miles to go first class. When you pay dollars for a seat, the price of first class is four to five times the price of cattle class. When you use miles, it's only twice as much. That tells me where to spend my miles earned from non-flying activity, such as use of my credit card.

And I sure wouldn't think of flying now.

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