A NY Times reporter sent me an e-mail via The Nonrev Network to ask about it and nonrev travel. He called after I sent him my phone number. We discussed a lot of things about nonreving and the site and he said he was going to check it out some more and call me again. He never did but it seems the only quote he took from our conversation was a negative one.

I said, "It's really not quite the benefit it used to be."

I saw the article online first but then someone brought me a paper - I had no idea - it made the front page - the front page of the freaking NY Times!!

When I made that particular statement I was thinking air fare is cheaper and seats are less plentiful. Those two factors do diminish the value of the benefit don't they? What do you think?

There was a positive note to the article even though it was titled "Airline Workers Are Left at Gate Mourning a Perk". It told about B.J. and Tony Morris from DL that have racked up 2.3 million miles of air travel. It has a link to their web site that chronicles their travel.

Here's the link to the artilce:
<a href="http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/business/21perk.h...deBXZE93Fl7hao/SRTDA" target="_blank">http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/busi...E93Fl7hao/SRTDA</A>