United Airlines will participate

Boston, MA: In a shocking departure from traditional compensation practices, the Boston Consulting Group will be offering frequent flyer miles to its summer consultants, in lieu of cash.

The Tuck Profit spoke with loyal Tuck alum and BCG'er Craig della Penna.  "Most consultants that choose business school are plagued by one major drawback with their decision: the loss of status on their airline of choice.  Our revolutionary human resources department has solved that problem." 

The Tuck Profit conducted a thorough analysis of students at top schools to determine whether loss of status was a factor in choosing business school.  The results surprised us.  87% of former consultants at top MBA programs were "distraught" over being downgraded by their airline of choice, and 46% had attempted suicide "1 to 3 times."

So will Continental

BCG is offering its consultants 500,000 miles on Continental, United, Northwest or American Airlines.  Through a special deal with these carriers, the miles will be equivalent to those earned on flights, which will allow each consultant to instantly advance to the highest level of status.

Said BCG'er Tony Portera T'07, "My wife thinks I'm a rockstar because of my platinum status on Continental.  We get upgraded almost every time." 

Patent applications have been filed with the United States patent office.  BCG is seeking protection of both the concept of frequent flyer compensation and the rigorous framework used to evaluate the concept.  Initial drafts of the applications were obtained by the Tuck Profit; they appear to contain several 2-way matrices and animal clipart.