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The Senator Wiley damned the Frequent Flyer schemes, now operated by virtually all major American airlines, as nothing less than a bribe to acquire the accounts of major corporations that are willing to pay excessively high sums to buy Frequent Flyer discount coupons in order to give untaxed rewards to employees. To make the discounted ticket prices viable, airlines raise the initial marked price of the tickets. Thus, the price of tickets for the general public is kept artificially high. Walter Healey, the Vice President of American Airlines, responded to the criticism by saying the Frequent Flyer scheme was enjoyed by millions of Americans who were able to acquire Frequent Flyer tokens from supermarket purchases and credit card transactions.
Which of the following, if true, best exposes the flaw in Healey's response to Wiley's criticism?
A Only a few supermarket chains and credit card companies offer Frequent Flyer tokens to customers.
B Fewer people acquire Frequent Flyer tokens through supermarket purchases than through credit card transactions.
C Most airline companies offer bonus tokens for long-haul flights.
D The price of tickets booked under Frequent Flyer schemes is often as low as 50% of the regular ticket price.
E Ticket prices are regularly reviewed by a committee of airline representatives.
Which of the following, if true, best exposes the flaw in Healey's response to Wiley's criticism?
A Only a few supermarket chains and credit card companies offer Frequent Flyer tokens to customers.
B Fewer people acquire Frequent Flyer tokens through supermarket purchases than through credit card transactions.
C Most airline companies offer bonus tokens for long-haul flights.
D The price of tickets booked under Frequent Flyer schemes is often as low as 50% of the regular ticket price.
E Ticket prices are regularly reviewed by a committee of airline representatives.
Source: Manhattan Review
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Official Explanation
Argument construction
A Senator criticized the Frequent Flyer schemes, operated by almost all major American airlines, saying it is like giving bribe to major corporations to acquire their accounts. These corporation pay excessively high sums to buy Frequent Flyer tokens from airlines and pass these discount-seeking tokens to their employees to give them untaxed rewards. In turn, upon encashing the tokens, the employees get discounted airline tickets. This implies that the price of tickets for the general public is kept artificially high and compared to privileged employees, they end up paying more. However, the VP of American Airlines, responded to the criticism by saying the Frequent Flyer scheme was also enjoyed by millions of Americans who could get Frequent Flyer tokens from supermarket purchases and credit card transactions.
Predict a Weakener
Claim: Benefit of Frequent Flyer scheme is not exclusive to major corporations; general public can also get the same benefit as the employees of major corporations do.
Our job is to find a flaw in the claim, or in other words, we need to weaken the claim.
What if a large number of airline tickets are reserved for major corporations? Well, in that case there would be only a few airline tickets available for general public. So, though they may have Frequent Flyer tokens, they cannot utilize them.
Predictive Weakener 1: A large number of airline tickets are reserved for major corporations.
What if there are only a few supermarkets and only a few credit card companies that offer Frequent Flyer tokens? Well, in that case, only a few people can get the benefit of the scheme.
Predictive Weakener 2: Only a few supermarkets and credit card companies offer Frequent Flyer tokens.
There can be one or two more predictive weakeners; however, you need not think of more than two.
Answer: A
Argument construction
A Senator criticized the Frequent Flyer schemes, operated by almost all major American airlines, saying it is like giving bribe to major corporations to acquire their accounts. These corporation pay excessively high sums to buy Frequent Flyer tokens from airlines and pass these discount-seeking tokens to their employees to give them untaxed rewards. In turn, upon encashing the tokens, the employees get discounted airline tickets. This implies that the price of tickets for the general public is kept artificially high and compared to privileged employees, they end up paying more. However, the VP of American Airlines, responded to the criticism by saying the Frequent Flyer scheme was also enjoyed by millions of Americans who could get Frequent Flyer tokens from supermarket purchases and credit card transactions.
Predict a Weakener
Claim: Benefit of Frequent Flyer scheme is not exclusive to major corporations; general public can also get the same benefit as the employees of major corporations do.
Our job is to find a flaw in the claim, or in other words, we need to weaken the claim.
What if a large number of airline tickets are reserved for major corporations? Well, in that case there would be only a few airline tickets available for general public. So, though they may have Frequent Flyer tokens, they cannot utilize them.
Predictive Weakener 1: A large number of airline tickets are reserved for major corporations.
What if there are only a few supermarkets and only a few credit card companies that offer Frequent Flyer tokens? Well, in that case, only a few people can get the benefit of the scheme.
Predictive Weakener 2: Only a few supermarkets and credit card companies offer Frequent Flyer tokens.
There can be one or two more predictive weakeners; however, you need not think of more than two.
Answer: A
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