Yeah, flying was a whole lot better when you could smoke your cigarette, walk out onto a tarmac, and board a prop plane that had a better than negligible chance of crashing.

Oh yeah, FF programs have jumped the shark (hey, thanks for the retro use of a term nobody's used since 2000). Because nobody gets to fly anywhere, anymore on any FF program. I mean nobody's interested in FF programs at all.

Oh, wait, there's at least one internet forum that appears to be devoted to discussing in minute detail how to get FF miles? And a ton of blogs? And every time a credit card company puts out an offer more people jump on it?

As the eminent hipster Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind. . ."