Originally Posted by
danielonn
It would be interesting to show FlyerTalk to a person who has never flown and let them read the Frequent Flier Forums about getting points to fly, Lounge Access, Inflight Entertainment at your seat, Requesting a Special Meal, Seat Assignments etc. I wonder what their reactions would be.
I don't see that being very effective as it doesn't address any of the most common reasons I hear from acquaintances (mostly narrow-minded relatives) who haven't flown in years and/or only fly when absolutely necessary:
- Flying is too expensive
- Flying is dangerous (misunderstanding rates of accidents and/or terrorism)
- The TSA will grab my junk
To someone with
these as their mindset, people arguing about how to optimize their in-flight food selections seem like complete and utter fools.