Given the high fuel surcharges on British Airways, the main other
competing product for first class that actually offers award
availability, Lufthansa first class remains the one to beat in terms
of overall value, when it comes to award bookings to Europe.
Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward - looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales
of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature
of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment's ability to predict consumer preferences among
competing hardware platforms (including next - generation hardware), declines in software pricing,
product returns and price protection,
product delays, retail acceptance
of Blizzard Entertainment's
products, adoption rate and
availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection
of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance
of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third - party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration
of recent acquisitions and the identification
of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations
of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies
of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated.