And to think of all the other incredible pleasures an unnecessary $50k spent only to achieve HON Circle can be used for:

1) 40 nights at the George V (if you hate your family and want to be away from them, so keeping with the them).
2) 5 hours on a private jet
3) VIP service for every connection arrival you have in FRA, MUC, ZRH, GVA, VIE
5) 50 bottles of Chateaux Margeaux
6) 500 bottles of Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle (I don't care for it but certain members of this forum lose their minds when getting it on an airplane)
7) A luxury and high quality wardrobe
8) 100 days of Porsche rental (iirc renting it directly in rotkreuz is about 500 per day). Who cares about Porsche airport transfers for 15 mins when I can have this????
9) so many pairs of beautiful shoes
10) 12 Hermes birkins

And there's someone in the world who will take off at 11pm at MUC for TBS in intra-EU business class for a mileage run, and do the return. For the sole sake of making an airline status and assuming that this travel is otherwise necessary.

Again--mind boggling.

And if you don't like conspicuous consumption, just throw the $50k in an index fund and live your life?