Originally Posted by Andrius
And this leads us to thinking we're a few chosen ones. Except when you come into contact with really Big Boys of Frequent Travel, it is a very humbling experience. It is like someone who plays moderately good tennis feels pretty big in his holiday resort court. But then he gets to play a pro and is brutally, mercilessly destroyed and then understands that he has only reached the very first step of a long, long ladder leading uphil to Frequent Flying bliss.
An excellent summation... except that the Frequent Flying Bliss is slowly becoming less and less blissfull with security hassles, increased fees, elimination or cutbacks on premium services, etc. I'm sure the people at the top feel it too. Maybe they don't feel it as much as us "moderately good tennis players" but they feel it.