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Old May 18, 2011, 12:15 am
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Dave Noble
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Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer
I agree but you can also turn this on its head a bit. Yes, there are some people who will just get status due to the flying they do and will not engineer anything to obtain status. For them QF product is much more important than any loyalty program perks.
But there is also a significant group who wants to get a higher status. And if you are a SG now you do think whether you spend the extra money/company money/time to get you to WP or not.
I think that that is a small minority. I know people who get gold status and they don't sit around thinking how to get to platinum.

I think that those who will take travel just to get a higher status is minimal

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