As a former US Treasury Secretary, Unisys Corp chief Michael Blumenthal is better versed than most of the kinds of funny money that slosh around the economy of a country or company, and he feels strongly that all those Freqent Flyer free tickets his staff pick up as they rack up the air miles on the company’s business should really belong to the buyer of the tickets Unisys: so exercised are the Bluebell boys about the problem that it is now offering executives cash for half the value of the free tickets if only they’ll use the things on company business – but wives and girlfriends who’ve enjoyed the perk may well start looking for partners with less cost-conscious employers.
