Hey, don't tear yourselves apart over whose company is pocketing all the money, because we all know that none of your companies are pocketing enough money, with the exception of management.... and their friends...I work for a "non-profit" and it's the same way. In Wisconsin, there's a minimum markup law of 6% on gasoline to "protect" local gas stations from being undercut by massive corporations. They don't need it at all. Why? The massive corporations figured out a long time ago that without formally "fixing" their prices, they could just set their local price of gas based on whatever the primary local service station wants to charge, assuring themselves a markup of 8-15%, depending on the city. So if the local guy in whatever town really wanted to screw people over, the big companies take the extra cash without creating a price war! So don't seem surprised if your employers do the same....feel happy! If my wife & I can fly cross-country round-trip cheaper, faster, & more conveniently than driving, then your company is definitely screwing no one. That's what TSA & Avis are for.