On Sat, 18 May 2002 08:09:15 Bill Potts wrote: ... >In summary, the fact that they use "miles" for their reward scheme is >nothing for us SI aficionados to get worked up about. However, you'll be >glad to know that Cathay Pacific does its reward reckoning in kilometers (or >it did the last time I flew with them -- about 10 years ago). > I beg to **vehemently** differ!!! Like Han and others here I also hate and despise this idiocy to death! The main reason is evidently that such hideous unit gets in people's day-to-day parlance and all. Never mind if most of them would not have a clue what size this represents. If they get to talk about it, use it and all, next time it gets changed to an SI equivalent they'd certainly crow foul just the way ifpists do when their "beloved" units get ditched! It's just human nature.
I preferred the good old days of the Canadian Airlines system which was much more intelligent and was based in *points*. So many points would be required for free flights and that's it. The so-called airmile system is actually like that. True, when you fly you get the same amount of air miles people fly as "airmiles", but in reality what you're getting is *points*! Why? Well, if you accumulated, say, 45 thousand "airmiles" that *should*, *in principle*, entitle you to a trip 45 thousand "airmiles" far from your home place, no? Aha! Gotcha!!! So, no. To me this is a hideous plot by these marketers to get the mile crap accepted in people's minds so that hopefully they'd not object to an assault by the "other" mile when the time comes!!!! :-( :-( :-( Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
