They include people who buy Business Select Fares, Rapid Rewards Members with A-List and A-List Preferred status, and EarlyBird Check-In customers.

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With the rapid rise in use of debit and credit card as a preferred mode of payment over cash and check, the number of transactions processed by Visa has grown steadily by 10% in the last couple of years, except 2008 when the economic downturn caused transaction volumes to drop by almost 11%.

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