Originally Posted by nyr2299

Majority of people who fly planes, but may not be a significant majority of those who are on the plane. Case in point - I fly 100 times a year. The average american flys 2x per year. While I represent 0.1% of the public when it comes to flying, I and flyers like me, represent 30%+ of the passengers on a given plane (based on the upgrade lists which are 40 people deep for a 150 seat airliner). Plus, people like me pay higher fares, so we may represent as much as 50% of the revenues on the plane, and if you think about it along those lines, most of the profit.