Originally Posted by
ft101
I tend to agree, and his/her comments were about Silvers rather than Golds, so the comparisons to making Gold are skewed somewhat. However, those that do it are just as entitled to the perks as those that book exclusively J of F.
Totally - tier points are tier points, and how you earn them and what you get with them is pretty transparent.
iO is really aimed at different people (some of whom overlap into the frequent flyer category) and has a different set of benefits - nothing more or less than that really, I think.