Fuel surcharges aren’t about fuel. They are a convenient, easy way to raise or lower all fares in a market. Since they are a surcharge rather than part of the fare, they aren’t subject to percentage discounts that may attach to certain contracts. They conveniently are an excuse to charge more for award passengers (in […]
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The past couple of years we've seen some interesting and slightly unconventional partnerships emerge, as loyalty programs look for more ways to cross-market.
We saw this with Delta's partnership with Starwood, with Hyatt's partnership with MGM, etc.
Lately this has even extended to partnerships between car rental companies and airlines.
Delta is expanding their partnership with Hertz, and is offering their Gold Medallion members and above status in the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program.
Here's how the new partnership is described:
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Perched atop an angular modern pillar at the edge of an Arizona parking lot is an impressionist piece of prairie trash that cost the local taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. Collectively, this pricey piece of modern art is known simply as, Momentum (at least when it isn't being called mean nick-names by spurned locals).
Unveiled in 2008, the metal sculpture was intended to reference nearby Tumbleweed Park with its artistically-styled tumbleweed held 10 feet off the ground on a futuristic pedestal. The pedestal itself stands atop a squat block of carved concrete completing the entire piece. The work was commissioned from a Denver artist who costing the city $100,000 in tax dollars. After seeing the rather short result of the city council's choice, the public was less than impressed.
The piece was given silly nick-names such as "rat's nest" and "hairball" and general displeasure ensued. Even some city council members spoke out, remarking democratically that the artwork was not quite what they were expecting from their grant.
Regardless of the feelings behind the $100,000 tumbleweed, it remains to this day, reminding commuters arriving to the public transit park and ride just how most of their tax dollars blow away in the wind.
