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Component

This paper analyzes frequent flyer programs from four viewpoints: the airline, the air traveller, the employer paying for the air traveller's ticket, and from the viewpoint of public policy. The paper discusses why frequent flyer programs are not the same as quantity discounts, and how they in fact may have anti-competitive effects detrimental to the consumer.

p. 195-201

1989

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum

References

Airlines; Competition; Consumers; Employers; Evaluation; Frequent flyer programs; Impact studies; Marketing; Public policy

Aviation; Highways; Policy; Society

TRIS

Dec 31 1989 12:00AM

• AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUBTERMINAL CAPACITY
• AN ESTIMATE OF PICKUP AND DELIVERY STOP TIME FOR A LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD MOTOR CARRIER
• AN EVALUATION OF MOTOR CARRIER PERFORMANCE IN MOVING WASHINGTON FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
• AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON VEHICLE SCHEDULING AND ROUTE PLANNING BY HAND AND BY COMPUTER
• AVIATION SAFETY: THE EXPERIENCE OF GENERAL AVIATION
• CANADIAN EXPERIENCE WITH HDM3 IN ROAD TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
• CHANGING COSTS AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR EXEMPT MOTOR CARRIERS
• COMPUTER-AIDED ALGORITHMIC DESIGN IN THE VEHICLE ROUTING DOMAIN
• DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
• EFFECTS OF TRANSPORTATION RATES ON SOYBEAN EXPORTS FROM THE WESTERN U.S. SOYBEAN BELT
• FREIGHT SERVICE QUALITY AND CARRIER ECONOMICS
• LOCAL RURAL ROADS: A POLICY ANALYSIS
• LTL SERVICE IN THE WEST: LONG-TERM LOSSES REPLACE SHORT-TERM GAINS
• OPTIMIZING THE TRANSPORTATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM: THE CASE OF SHELL EGGS
• PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SALES FORCE STRATEGIES OF LTL GENERAL FREIGHT CARRIERS
• RAIL PROFIT RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFIT MEASUREMENT : REORIENTING DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO THE CONTEMPORARY DEREGULATED RAILROAD ENVIRONMENT
• RAIL PROFIT RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFIT MEASUREMENT: REORIENTING DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO THE COMTEMPORARY DEREGULATED RAILROAD ENVIRONMENT
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSTS AND RATES IN THE LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD MARKET
• ROAD-USER COSTS: REPORT ON EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
• SERVICE QUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR RAILROAD OPERATIONS
• SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF POTATOES FOR CHIPPING: CURRENT PRACTICES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
• STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE IN THE TRUCKLOAD GENERAL FREIGHT SEGMENT BEFORE AND AFTER DEREGULATION
• THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT: A PROCEDURAL REAPPRAISAL
• TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL MARKET FOR FREIGHT CAR CAPACITY
• TOWARD A RAIL TOFC/COFC DEMAND MODEL
• TRANSPORTATION POLICY IMPACTS ON RAILROAD AND MOTOR CARRIER MARKET SHARES