Originally Posted by
nyr2299
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).
I'd love to know the real figures. You are basically saying 30% of the capacity on a plane are frequent flyers. Maybe that's true, but my guess is the number is less when averaged over all flights and not just FF heavy routes. Even if 30% is correct, I suspect the actual number that care about anything other than price is less than half of the FFs.
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.
That addresses who the airline should care about, not who cares about the airline.