Quarterly Reports: Dollars In The Sky

March, 1985

when you turn your frequent-flier miles into tickets or cash, are you getting your two cents' worth?The Plane Sat shimmering on the runway. Or the runway sat shimmering on the plane. Or perhaps the plane, an American Airlines DC-10, was the first of the vertical-take-off-and-landing jumbos--a jet that would simply rise into the sky without a runway.Something must have been special about the plane, because it was packed to overflowing with passengers paying the $336 one-way coach fare from New Yo...