Originally Posted by arlflyer

As someone who has never been CK, will not be CK in the foreseeable future, and has no close connections to anyone who is a CK...I would say, uh, not really. In my understanding, the benefits that CKs get are mostly fluff: hand-holding, SWUs that they probably can't use, and IRROPs treatment. As a mere peasant who is supposed to be in awe of the aspirational CK benefits, whenever I see them written about, they strike me as notably underwhelming.

I'd think that bumping customers who spend a gajillion dollars with AA up into unsold, unused F seats at the expense of some award tickets would be, saying this as someone at whose expense the loss of said award seats is likely to come, a perfectly reasonable thing to do.