Originally Posted by
Microtat
i am doing not as much flying with my airline... starting to feel bad, maybe stupidly..
It isn't your airline. It is theirs. It does not love you. There's no reason to show it irrational love in return.
Status is great if it helps you get things for less total money than you'd spend otherwise. But if you're able to just buy the better product/schedule/whatever outright rather than worry about loyalty and a long-term accrual of benefits then why wouldn't you do that??