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Homeless can fly Free.....
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Hell, I guess if they could have begged for $39 they could have flown SWA 
You get ALOT of folks on SWA that can ONLY afford a BUS TICKET!
You get ALOT of folks on SWA that can ONLY afford a BUS TICKET!Some Clown
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Hell, I guess if they could have begged for $39 they could have flown SWA
Yeah but we at SWA CAN and DO MAKE PROFIT's at those fares... Plus, why the hate toward Homeless People? Their money spends just as good as the next guy.
I've been lurking on this website for a long time and I've never (or very rarely ever) seen SWA employees making rude comments about your airline or any other for that fact.
That being said, why must you feel the need to bash ours? Does Frontier have mental help counseling as part of benefit package? If they do, maybe you should see some anger management classes. No seriously, you should.
And just so you know, I have nothing but respect for your airline. As a matter of fact one of my good friends is a very senior Capt with your company. I wish you guys the best. So why can't you do the same for others?
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Hell, I guess if they could have begged for $39 they could have flown SWA
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From the Chicago Sun-Times.
Our trash is Dumpster diver's $2,000 in treasure
January 4, 2006
BY MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter
When John Fox found out Wendy's was selling drinks in cups with coupons good for free airfare, he did what made sense at the time: He started rummaging through Dumpsters all around the city to collect discarded cups.
Two months and approximately 8,000 cups later, the 29-year-old Ukrainian Village resident is $2,000 richer -- thanks to brisk sales of his cleaned-up cups on Craigslist and Yahoo.
"I pretty much did it for the money," Fox said of his extracurricular activities. "It was easy, nontaxable and fun."
Plus, "It beats paying $1.50 a cup, since I personally don't drink soda," he said.
Wendy's is running a promotion with AirTran Airways in which customers who buy a 20-ounce or 32-ounce Coca-Cola beverage get a coupon from the airline. Sixty-four coupons are good for a round trip ticket anywhere AirTran flies, while 32 coupons are redeemable for a one-way ticket.
450 cups in one trip
Wendy's stopped selling the cups at most locations on Dec. 31, but the coupons are redeemable through Feb. 13, 2006, an AirTran press release said.
The first week of November 2005, Fox -- sometimes with a little help from his friends -- began spelunking in about a dozen Dumpsters at Wendy's restaurants in the city and suburbs, collecting as many as 450 cups in one trip.
He usually went at night wearing rubber gloves, a smock or coverall and the same shirt.
Fox said he never got into trouble with restaurant managers, but he almost ran afoul of two undercover police officers who spotted Fox and a female friend one night.
"They watched us for about five or six minutes and then asked, 'What are you guys doing?' " Fox recalled.
"My friend, who was standing on top of the Dumpster, just looked at them and does a swan dive into the Dumpster."
Luckily, the cops let them go after Fox explained what they were up to.
Says payoff speaks for itself
Fox isn't the only one peddling the coupons online, either. On Tuesday, there were about a dozen posts on Chicago's Craigslist site, offering a round trip's-worth of coupons for anywhere from $60 to $100.
And while his actions might seem strange to some, Fox, who works in production for a company that sells tea and herbal supplements, said the payoff speaks for itself.
"Other people will wish they had done this when they see how well I got paid," he said.
mjthomas@suntimes.com
Our trash is Dumpster diver's $2,000 in treasure
January 4, 2006
BY MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter
When John Fox found out Wendy's was selling drinks in cups with coupons good for free airfare, he did what made sense at the time: He started rummaging through Dumpsters all around the city to collect discarded cups.
Two months and approximately 8,000 cups later, the 29-year-old Ukrainian Village resident is $2,000 richer -- thanks to brisk sales of his cleaned-up cups on Craigslist and Yahoo.
"I pretty much did it for the money," Fox said of his extracurricular activities. "It was easy, nontaxable and fun."
Plus, "It beats paying $1.50 a cup, since I personally don't drink soda," he said.
Wendy's is running a promotion with AirTran Airways in which customers who buy a 20-ounce or 32-ounce Coca-Cola beverage get a coupon from the airline. Sixty-four coupons are good for a round trip ticket anywhere AirTran flies, while 32 coupons are redeemable for a one-way ticket.
450 cups in one trip
Wendy's stopped selling the cups at most locations on Dec. 31, but the coupons are redeemable through Feb. 13, 2006, an AirTran press release said.
The first week of November 2005, Fox -- sometimes with a little help from his friends -- began spelunking in about a dozen Dumpsters at Wendy's restaurants in the city and suburbs, collecting as many as 450 cups in one trip.
He usually went at night wearing rubber gloves, a smock or coverall and the same shirt.
Fox said he never got into trouble with restaurant managers, but he almost ran afoul of two undercover police officers who spotted Fox and a female friend one night.
"They watched us for about five or six minutes and then asked, 'What are you guys doing?' " Fox recalled.
"My friend, who was standing on top of the Dumpster, just looked at them and does a swan dive into the Dumpster."
Luckily, the cops let them go after Fox explained what they were up to.
Says payoff speaks for itself
Fox isn't the only one peddling the coupons online, either. On Tuesday, there were about a dozen posts on Chicago's Craigslist site, offering a round trip's-worth of coupons for anywhere from $60 to $100.
And while his actions might seem strange to some, Fox, who works in production for a company that sells tea and herbal supplements, said the payoff speaks for itself.
"Other people will wish they had done this when they see how well I got paid," he said.
mjthomas@suntimes.com
You make profits at those fares because you only sell afew per flight and the rest are the same as anyone else! Its called bait and switch! tick.....tick.....tick....youre fuel hedge is also getting ready to end! With your now industry setting pay rates.......welcome to "Legacy World".
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