WardNA wrote:

> I spoke to one attendant who worked transAtlantic flights, who told me the pay
> was not that great but that the airline put them up in five-star hotels on the
> Continent, which they appreciated. I wanted to say, where was the union, to
> negotiate a 200% pay increase in exchange for two-star hotels, doubling in the
> room?

The airlines have contracts with hotels for those special rates, but they are not
always 5 star hotels. My son worked in a hotel in Montreal that had a contract
with an American airline and was able to get me the special rate, which was about
50% of the regular price. It was a decent hotel. It had a small pool and work out
room and had a restaurant attached, but it sure wasn't one of the fancy 5 star
hotels.