CHAPTER 10BONUS
Tex and Peggy had dinner together at the airport before leaving on the next flight to Denver.
“Let me slip you a tip,” he said. “Part of a hostess’ job is to sell the airline to the passengers. A lot of our commuters use the line for short hops on emergencies. They fail to realize how inexpensive air travel is because round-trip fares are quite a lot less; no tips; meals free; no extras.
“For instance, a one-way journey from Chicago to Portland costs ninety-nine bucks, but a round trip is only a hundred and sixty—a saving of almost forty dollars. The shorter the trip, the more expensive the rate per mile. And you’d get plenty of credit at the home office if you persuaded many of the passengers to use the long trips.”
“It would be easy to bring that information into most
