Originally Posted by
kettle1
Who would bid on a piece of tin? Perhaps someone trying to capture the "status"?
Here's a possible reason . . . .
In the recent thread about pax with peanut allergies, someone suggested that, they may claim they have an allergy, just to get attention. My reply was:
Originally Posted by
davetravels
Obviously, some people luv attention more than others, but, why in the world would somebody on a plane want to claim they have a peanut allergy, if they don't have one - - JUST for the purpose of getting attention?
Then, a reply to me:
Originally Posted by
LaserSailor
Similar reasons why people will fly to IST over a weekend chasing airline status, just a different kind of attention.
Why do all of that when you can just buy a tag on eBay? I'm sure even an ugly guy (or gal) can be bumped up a coupl'a notches the "1 to 10 scale" with a
Diamond Medallion tag hanging from their carry-on bag!