I've met quite a few genuine 'road warriors' and by no means do I envy them. Sitting up front and lounge access aren't a luxury but a bare necessity if you fly a couple segments week-in week-out. Based on the stories I know, it's also a lifestyle that *will* affect your relationships on the ground. For every big time consultant, lawyer, touring celeb who's living it up in F on that LAX-NRT or LAX-CDG flight, there's 5 sales/IT/training dudes in jeans and sneakers who regularly sit 'up front' on a CRJ or ERJ from Louisville or Dayton to Houston or Atlanta and back.