LOL. Anyways, i'm not participating in this thread anymore. CanadianCow's post about sums it up. Cheers. Hope AC tucks you in at night with a smile!

Not sure if you are serious or not, but if you are, I hope this helps:

I used to be like you, always worrying about my benefits from AC (cue the devaluations) and what I "get" from the airline (and looking at 35K's like they don't deserve to breathe the same air as me). I thought about doing a MR to SE and then it hit me. What the hell has AC done to me? I'm worrying about FF benefits and getting all worked up? I then laughed (at myself) and looked at my passion (aviation) a whole lot differently - and as objectively as possible. I hope you find that in your life one day. Otherwise you'll end up like Ryan Bingham. Sure, your name (well actually yours wont) may be on the side of a plane. But you are nothing compared to some FTers on here who put your miles in 4 months (now that's respect - and i've seen the proof). (and that's by your definition, since you care so much about your Altitude status). You're a rounding error to the true legends on FT. I hope that this post helps you find your peace. And those legends - pfft they could care less about the FF benefits as it doesn't even affect them - since they fly THAT much. They don't even care about priority boarding since they've worked down their entire process to the exact minute. Are they condescending as per your post? Nope, their attitude is truly the opposite. And I hold them in the highest regard because of the miles they put up (and how easily they make that look) and because of their attitude.

Have fun in the skies!