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Re:Visa, Mastercard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees, Settling Long... by sithadmin on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @12:48PM (#39830016)
>the deals they allow through credit cards are more like loss leaders

Au contraire, it's more and more common for airlines' sales of milage/point blocks to CC-issuing banks to be the most important bottom-line contributor, with the value for milage program deals exceeding the rest of the airline's operations and assets altogether: [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/airlines-b... [2]https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/12/17/here-s-why-airline-loyal... [3]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-31/airlines-...

Re:Visa, Mastercard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees, Settling Long... by fragmede on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:49PM (#39832074)
Airlines generate so much revenue from credit cards that it's said that airlines companies are credit card companies with an airline attached.