Where's the loyalty to frequent fliers?

Courtesy Marketplace  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 14:39

If you've redeemed frequent flier miles lately, you may have found airlines are adding fees to them. The idea behind frequent-flier programs was to build customer loyalty.

How long can the fees continue before the loyalty disappears? Alisa Roth reports.


 

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