<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pinniped:
I wholeheartedly agree with your reasoning for flying Y, but...
...would you do the same if you had no elite status to at least ensure semi-humane treatment from airline personnel?
To me, it's a whole different ballgame flying coach with no status vs. flying coach with at least a low-elite status card.</font>
pinniped - Good point, but it doesn't really apply to me. Usually, when I travel on award tickets I am with my family. I buy one revenue ticket for myself, and upgrade. BUT, I let my wife sit up front. I am left in the back with my two small children (now 4 and 6.) I never get good economy seats in this arrangement, and the FAs don't even know who I am.
So actually, I get no special treatment at all. But entertaining my 4 and 6 year olds keeps me so occupied that perhaps I don't notice what I am missing!
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