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...