The deal made DST one of the largest first-class mailers in the U.S. 1.8 billion items in 2000 but the new business has its own problems.

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The first-in-its-class device works in most vehicles sold in the U.S. from 1996 onward.

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Leff, who has only ever flown first-class, has loyalty card status on all U.S. airline programs and currently has three million miles across all his accounts.

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The number of passengers in the U.S. paying for first-class, business-class and full-price economy airfares has halved in the past five years, from 18% to 9%, says the Velocity Group, an aviation consultancy.

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David Chao (10)and Dixon Doll (24) were among the first U.S. VCs to woo middle-class shoppers in Asia.

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The U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with plans to make cuts to its first-class mail next spring, as it shutters about half of its 487 mail processing centers.

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But the service, similar to what both Lufthansa and Air France have been doing for first-class customers at their biggest hubs in Europe, stands to rev up competition between airlines for top customers in the U.S. As much as 75% of airline revenue typically comes from 25% of passengers.

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