In a weird way, I almost miss those "I'm travelling JFK-DXB with EK in F, and intend to spend all night in the DXB lounge ahead of my return flight, assuming this is allowed........" sort of posts.

The initial reaction was a sense of bafflement as to why someone who could afford F would not want to book a quality hotel. But then ....... we would ask if (by chance ....?) the ticket was an AS award. And, more often that not, back would come the response .....yeah, we guessed it