When it comes to immigrating to the United States, Cubans get preferred status.
They include people who buy Business Select Fares, Rapid Rewards Members with A-List and A-List Preferred status, and EarlyBird Check-In customers.
The IRS makes the decision on what entities quality for such tax-preferred status, which can significantly reduce the cost of operations.
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Today, Catholicism is the still the official religion of Costa Rica, and has a constitutionally preferred status in Argentina and Panama, although all these countries grant freedom of religion.
And even now, public ownership retains preferred status.
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Thus, for those who redeem rewards frequently, the free flights, complimentary hotel stays and fringe benefits (preferred status, VIP access, etc.) outweigh the risk of devaluation and make airline or hotel credit cards hard to beat by any other type of rewards card.
Preferred bidder status will have to be recommended by the partnership's joint committee next week and approved by each of the councils before it is confirmed.
The bid was one of five made to buy the club and believed to be one of two shortlisted by administrator Jeremy Bleazard for preferred bidder status.
Since the Legacy consortium was stripped of its preferred bidder status, the government says it has had more than 70 expressions of interest in taking over the site.
One prong involves a series of bilateral loans offered by national governments, central banks or by national treasuries, which would in turn be offered with preferred creditor status to recipient nation-states in the euro zone.
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If the fund agrees to participate, its preferred-creditor status will be punctured.
This gave it "preferred bidder" status and triggered a 90-day period in which no other interested party would be allowed to conclude a deal with BP.
Relying on vast infusions of money from the IMF could actually worsen the problems of a country like Italy, since the fund's presumed preferred-creditor status would push private bondholders further down the pecking order.
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The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card from Citibank includes automatic Gold status, bumping you into preferred rooms and granting you Executive Lounge access at many Hilton properties.
They want to know everything: your relationship status, your income, your allergies, your preferred brand of toothpaste, how you like your eggs -- all those sundry habits, peeves and predilections, even the ones you didn't know you had.
Car Care Web: Through the UVO eServices owner's portal, known as "Car Care Web, " owners can check vehicle diagnostics, vehicle status, maintenance schedules, driving behavior, and schedule appointments with their preferred or nearby dealer via their home computer or mobile device.
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Instead, I noticed first hand that students preferred learning additional ways from each other to show defiance and aggression when doing Anger Coping and that the status they gained from being grouped together was more important to them than considering and using the tools I was teaching them.
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