If the airline had previously sold all 25,000 miles redeemed for that ticket to a credit-card firm, it could have earned up to $400.
At the most damaging moment so far for him, when Bloomberg News reported he had earned up to $1.8 million consulting for Freddie Mac, Mr. Gingrich argued before reporters that he had not been a lobbyist.
After the mortgage settlement was announced in June, the bank offered an early peek at its results, indicating that it would have earned up to $3.7 billion, or 33 cents a share, absent its mortgage charges.
Mr Veitch, who claims he could have earned up to $314 million from the original deal if it had been honoured and if the company succeeded, is asking for $300 million in damages from Mr Branson and Virgin Group, his lawyers told the Associated Press.
The shift toward car-based sport utilities threatens to some extent the profitability of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler, which have earned up to $15,000 each in profits on some of the pickup-based models, which are much cheaper to design than car-based models and slightly cheaper to manufacture.
Among the BBC's highest paid stars are Graham Norton, who is reported to have earned up to £2.5m in the last financial year; Chris Evans, who is believed to be paid about £1.6m a year for presenting Top Gear and his Radio 2 breakfast show; and Gary Lineker, who is understood to receive about £1.5m for presenting Match of the Day.
Individuals have earned up to $14,000 on Gigwalk since 2011.
Perturbed by recent news reports and its own findings that some National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have earned up to $300,000 or more in outside income (Science, 21 May, p. 1091), a congressional panel has asked another 15 federal agencies to report on employee consulting and awards.
At the end of the 90-day intervention, all participants in paid incentive conditions receive a gift card in the amount they have earned up to $90.
You'll be fired and quite possibly relinquish any pay you've earned up to that point.
