Originally Posted by
N1003U
To be more fair, the definition of exclusivity is to exclude from a set that which does not meet a specified criteria, and doesn't necessarily have anything at all to do with inclusion criteria itself or number of members in the included subset...
In my mother tongue exclusivity implies the number of members in the subset to be small. This may not be true in English, in which case I apologize.
Originally Posted by
N1003U
can LH tell me what they mean when they ask me if I think their F/HON services are "exclusive"?
Originally Posted by
seat 1a
The only thing of importance for me is that there is a service level that is maintained . If this is done by additional staff for a higher number of HON's or achieved by limiting the number of HON's , does not matter.
As far as I understand, many wealthy individuals find it important not only to have special things, but also that most people cannot have those same things. I'd guess this makes them feel special in some way but I am not part of the group, so this idea can be just a result of the reduced sample I contact with on a daily basis.
Example: I'd love to drive a 911 even if everyone did (let's ignore traffic and accidents). However, I'm confident that many of the current owners would go for something else if every car on the road was a 911.
Originally Posted by
N1003U
It is important to know the definition when one is asked the question, for example, "Do you find the environment in the FCT "exclusive"? By my definition, the FCT, the Schengen A SEN Lounge, and the airside duty-free shops are all exclusive
You are again right that they are all exclusive. In this context I'd say that exclusive means not crowded (at all), calm and silent environment (this last one because I hate 99% of the background music I do not choose
).
All in all, I agree you should not have to guess anything, filling in these forms is boring enough already. They should just change the phrasing.