Climate and Environmental Issues
Frequent-flyer programs have been receiving scrutiny because of the prevalence and rapid growth of air travel, in terms of both the frequency that individuals fly and the tendency toward longer distance travel. There have also been calls for an end to frequent-flyer programs. An increase in the number of hypermobile travelers has been identified as a particular aspect of the issue because of the highly disproportionate contribution of this class of individuals to aviation greenhouse gas emissions, and frequent-flyer programs are a contributing factor.
Precedent exists for ending frequent-flyer programs. In 2002, Norway banned its domestic frequent-flyer programs in order to promote competition among its airlines. In the U.S. in 1989, a vice president of Braniff said, "the government should consider ordering an end to frequent-flyer programs, which he said allow unfair competition."
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