Originally Posted by
Marathon Man
- when your spouse, friends, family, GF, BF, etc tell you that all you talk about is miles and points
- when you are late for work because of something to do with miles and points
- when you are late for dinner because you are on the phone with a bank or credit card customer service department
- when you almost care more about the promo and the promo on top of that more than what it actually gives you
- when you know more airport codes and more about the planes than the people who work for the airline
- when you know the airline staff by name and they know you
- when you know the customs people in different countries due to MRs
- when you actually got in shape carrying boxes of coins
- when you talk to people in person not in here and still say CC and GC when referring to 'credit card' and 'gift card'
- when you have a friend tell ya "I owe you a beer" and when he's about to pay you kinda cringe a bit because now HE is getting to earn the miles on his CC, not you
- when you take a date out and purposely choose an IDINE place to eat and then even if the date doesn't go well you tell your friends, "well, at least I got 3x miles"
- when you stop GETTING dates BECAUSE of miles
- when you meet someone who is INTO miles and live happily ever after
- when 20,000/night SPG points is not a big deal anymore
- when gold status is not enough on AA. You are headed toward platinum and expect to make it soon (or are already there)
- when you have had to have conversations with bank managers about things that would have petrified your parents because in their day no one ever did this sort of thing without it being illegal
- when you wish you could tell someone--your friends or co workers--about some of the cool processes you figured out and use to get miles but you burn quietly inside at the fact that none of them will ever get it
- when you actually do get one of them to get it
- when having a $25,000+ CC bill is a GOOD thing
- when the stack of CCs you have in your home office is thicker than a brick
- when you migrate from mere miles to EQMs and only work in first and business class and status-based travel even if you rarely ever travel for business to begin with
- when X time has passed and you can once again apply for another card to get a bonus
more?
MM
Wow - you must really be a fun person to hang out with!