Originally Posted by
bakersdozen
I know you guys are against it because you (we) want to remain at the top of the pecking order... but thinking of this from a business standpoint these guys fly a bunch but not always on AC. They are high revenue potential customers who paid premium and will continue to do so if they are happy with the airline. Someone who spends $20000 to $30000 a year on a couple of flights sure is someone I'd want to attract towards my airline than a SE who did a couple of $2000 milage runs to SYD or the only time flies J is when upgraded.
But in general, how many SEs would do a mileage run to keep the status, so that they would be offered the meal choices first? We, as leisure travelers, would spend that much per person in a year on AC. And I consider ourselves bottom feeders.