If you think most corporate travelers have carte-blanche when buying their own tickets, think again. "The System" prevents it. We are obligated to use the corporate travel gatekeeper (Concur in my case) for all flights. I would risk termination if I bypassed it.

If you are fortunate enough to have the luxury of using someone else's money to buy FCYBM, you already have a revenue-based status. It's called GS.

Enough with this foolishness.