Originally Posted by
ESpen36
I'm indeed a grad student as well, and I would estimate that 80% of my travel is personal (40% MRs, 40% pleasure/vacation), and 20% business-related.
But I spend a heck of a lot more time in AA's world than the businessman who gets to 100k EQPs but only 66k EQMs.
AND I flight enough purely domestically that I couldn't get by with just my EXP/EMD lounge access.
Right. My point was that you fly so much because you love it, yet you also say you couldn't stand it without AC access... Maybe you fly so much because you love ACs? In that case, shouldn't you switch to the PClub and their free booze?