Method of air-miles attrition in conjunction with in-flight gaming
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1. A method of processing passenger air-mile accounts to promote attrition thereof, comprising the steps of:
- (a) issuing air-mile credits to passengers for embarking upon or completing air-line flights or as premiums for other activities or for purchases;
(b) maintaining for each passenger an account of accrued air-miles; and
(c) enabling a passenger having a respective account of accrued air-miles to engage in wagering upon a gaming console on a respective flight with gaming credits in the form of air-miles from the respective account and automatically in response to the wagering, crediting winnings in terms of air-miles to the account of said passenger, debiting losings in terms of air-miles to the account of said passenger, and displaying additions to, subtractions from and current balances of air-miles in said account on said console.
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Abstract
A method of processing passenger air-miles to provide attrition in accounts in which air miles tend to accumulate from numerous sources, whereby the air-miles are used as credits for wagering on gaming consoles at least in-flight and usually also at waiting facilities for such flights.
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1. A method of processing passenger air-mile accounts to promote attrition thereof, comprising the steps of:
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(a) issuing air-mile credits to passengers for embarking upon or completing air-line flights or as premiums for other activities or for purchases;
(b) maintaining for each passenger an account of accrued air-miles; and
(c) enabling a passenger having a respective account of accrued air-miles to engage in wagering upon a gaming console on a respective flight with gaming credits in the form of air-miles from the respective account and automatically in response to the wagering, crediting winnings in terms of air-miles to the account of said passenger, debiting losings in terms of air-miles to the account of said passenger, and displaying additions to, subtractions from and current balances of air-miles in said account on said console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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