Originally Posted by moral_low_ground

How ridiculous. You're really saying that an employer is going to fly around a "low value" employee such that they can achieve gold card status (50 flights or 50K Tier miles) and that this person is going to be so lowly paid doing this job as not to be able to afford $50 ???? (or as a partner of a platinum who by very definition is going to be flying in paid for J and above (as impossible to get Plat flying in Y) can also not afford $50)

Must be the dumbest argument I've heard in a long time