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Both credit and debit cards could one day be eclipsed by smart cards, which look like conventional bank plastic but store information on computer chips instead of magnetic stripes. Such cards could hold, say, the profile of an airline passenger, including his frequent-flyer points and seat preferences. With a single swipe of a card through an airline's electronic reader, a traveler could make a reservation and get a seat assignment...
...Frequent-flyer miles have long been the closest thing American travelers have to a free lunch. But the adage about there being no such thing seems to be coming true. In the biggest overhaul of frequent-flyer programs since American Airlines launched the first one in 1981, most major U.S. carriers are boosting from 20,000 to 25,000 the miles required to earn a free domestic coach ticket. And the change, which the airlines plan to phase in by next February, is only the beginning: the cost of free flying will rise as well for many travelers to Europe...
Partly as a result, airlines have diluted the value of frequent-flyer programs by fully 25%. But few passengers have complained much since United Airlines kicked off the retrenchments late last year. For one thing, business travelers typically fly more than enough miles to qualify for free trips under the new requirements. And vacationers can earn the needed extra points from companies that offer frequent-flyer miles on everything from hotel rooms to rental cars to long-distance telephone calls. Says David Stempler, director of the Washington-based International Airline Passengers Association: "Our members find that they are gaining miles...
...felt the need to address the specificcharges made by the BSA," Johnson told The Crimsonat the time. "There are glaring misstatements inthe flyer-errors of fact...
Both Rodriquez and Raymond Joseph '94 wereinvolved in one of the incidents described in the"Plantation," flyer. The two students were walkingwith a group of friends near Hollis Hall when theywere stopped by police because, officers said,they were yelling loudly. Rodriquez and Joseph saythey were rapping, and not disturbing the peace...