Men fly 1.5 times a day on average. What do airlines think?

In 2008, American Airlines got into a fight with one of its passengers because of the unlimited air tickets in their hands. We all know about air tickets, but no one has seen unlimited air tickets. What the hell is going on?

It started 39 years ago. 198 1 year, American airlines faced financial crisis. In order to launch a brand rescue company, American Airlines launched a preferential ticket called AAirpass, which allows buyers to take unlimited flights in the first class and VIP lounge for life, but the fare is not cheap. The asking price is $250 thousand. In addition, additional sub-tickets of $654,380,000 can be purchased.

Do you feel excited at first sight? In fact, businesses will not do business at a loss, and American Airlines has carefully calculated this coupon.

According to the price in the United States at that time, a plane ticket was only a few tens of dollars. The $250,000 in that year was equivalent to the current $654.38 million+$00,000. Many people can't spend so much money by plane all their lives. So once this activity was launched, it was ridiculed by many people, and few people bought it. But American Airlines doesn't care. The purpose they wanted to promote has been achieved. Moreover, the buyers targeted by this activity are not those who laugh at sarcasm, but the successful people and top elites in large enterprises.

According to the calculation of American Airlines, although these people travel all the year round, their average age is over 40 and their retirement age is over 20 years, whether on the plane or on the way to the airport. The annual air ticket cost is about $6,543,800+.

The airline sold an unlimited number of tickets, not only not losing money, but also earning a little. As expected, dozens of people bought their tickets. And most of them are successful people, and to some extent, they also made a live advertisement for American Airlines. American Airlines gloated and felt that it had played a good card. I don't know that big trouble is still waiting for me.

Banker Steve rostain overheard the event. He immediately took out $250,000 to buy unlimited air tickets. In addition, he also paid an additional $654.38+$5,000 for the side ticket, amounting to $400,000. Friends and relatives around him laughed at him and thought he was a big head. However, later facts showed that Steve's choice was not wrong. These two unrestricted air tickets saved him more than 400 thousand dollars.

Unlike the busy bankers we remember, Steve's favorite thing is traveling. In addition to business trips, he will travel around the world by plane when he is free. London, Tokyo, Sweden ... where there are beautiful scenery, there is his figure. In addition, Steve has a daughter who goes to school in Switzerland. Whenever he is free on weekends, he will take those two unlimited air tickets and take his wife to Switzerland to see his daughter.

Moreover, Steve is a devout Christian, and he usually helps people around him when they are in trouble. At the airport, if he sees someone in trouble, he will happily take out his ticket and invite the other person to board the plane with him. Mothers who took their children home to see a doctor and college students who went to school all got his help. Steve thought he could fly for free all his life, but in 2007, things changed.

In 2007, American Airlines fell into financial crisis again. Therefore, they conducted a rigorous investigation of the company's finances. I don't know if I don't check it. I'm shocked if I check it. It turns out that in the past twenty years, Steve has flown more than ten thousand times, averaging 1.5 times a day. The actual mileage is also as high as 40 million miles. Counting, in the past 36 years, Steve's actual riding amount has already exceeded 20 million US dollars, which is really a drop in the bucket compared with the original 250,000 US dollars.

American Airlines regretted it and immediately negotiated with Steve. He offered to pay the $400,000 he originally bought for the air ticket and asked him if he could refund two air tickets. How can Steve promise them? After all, this is his due right. American Airlines has no justifiable reason to disqualify Steve, so it can only continue to bear this dumb loss and secretly look for Steve's violations. Finally, they found a loophole.

In 2008, after investigation, American Airlines found that Steve had received money from two people. Both of them used Steve's ticket and gave Steve a thank-you fee when they broke up. Steve didn't want to accept it, but he refused and finally accepted it.

After getting the evidence, American Airlines immediately went to court and announced that Steve rostain abused the second-class ticket for profit, forcing him to terminate the AAirpass ticket, and Steve's free ride trip ended here.

There is also a conspiracy theory that these two people were hired as child care workers by American Airlines. Otherwise, how will the airlines know if they have given Steve money? I don't know if it's true or not, just watch and laugh as an episode.

Steve was very dissatisfied with the behavior of American Airlines, so he sued the US District Court. After a long period of adjustment, it was not until 20 12 that the two sides settled out of court, and the matter ended successfully.

American Airlines steals chickens and doesn't eat rice. Originally, I wanted to cut the leeks of passengers, but I didn't take into account the price changes and personal special circumstances. Instead, I was cheated by the passengers. Steve also lived up to his status as an investment banker, with a long-term vision, and saved himself huge expenses with a small sum of money.

Coincidentally, there are also many people with long-term vision in China. Now it seems that the most successful one should be Ma Yun.

At the beginning, Ma Yun had an enviable job as an English teacher, and a stable post establishment meant a lifetime of food and clothing. In China at that time, the Internet was still a complete stranger. What made him give up his stable job, endure the ridicule and regret of his relatives and friends and join the Internet business? This is a long-term vision. Ma Yun saw the future development of Internet in China earlier than anyone else, so he can become the first e-commerce giant in China.

In addition to Ma Yun, there are many people who were not understood at the same time but later shined brilliantly. For example, Shang Yang, who reformed the State of Qin, karl benz, who invented automobiles, and Tesla, who invented alternating current, are all living examples.

As the saying goes, it's the truth to catch a big fish in a long line. If a person can focus on the future instead of the present, he will certainly gain a lot. Everything in the world, from Steve's 250,000 yuan plane ticket to Jack Ma's Alibaba, is telling a truth: don't just stare at the small profits in front of you and give up the long-term interests in the future.