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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 5:21 pm
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CO_1mm
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: IAH, LGA or EWR
Programs: CO MM/Pt, SPG Pt, Marriott Au, others not worth mentioning
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Originally Posted by ani90
I would like to know how elites would survive if all domestic aircraft had only one class - what would elites talk about? How would elites survive without upgrades? Without standbys? Without EUAs and without feeling gratification that you are sitting where others cannot? I flew in an SQ all business flight last year and I must say somehow it takes a buzz out of flying business because you all flying the same - no one is different, nothing to look forward to....
I must be weird, then. I appreciate elite status not because it's "elite", but because it makes travel suck less. Given that 12+ hours of my week is taken up traveling, I talk about it to know more about how it works and how to make it work better for me. But then, my goal here is not to troll...
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