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Posted Feb 27, 2009

UPDATED: Churning Chat And An Offer To Pay

UPDATE: Delta drops $50 per passenger per segment fee to align with Northwest policy.

Asked at The Masters Program this month whether they had been impacted by airline crackdowns on churn and duplicate bookings, one corporate travel buyer said no and a second said she heard it was a problem but had not been affected. However, Visa Inc. senior business leader for travel services Ann Kloepfer said, "We do have a problem with churn and duplicate bookings."