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Old Feb 22, 2026 | 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by AJNEDC
And yet not as humorous, puzzling and frankly disturbing as a universe of supposedly otherwise sane adults sucking at the teat of loyalty programs, contorting themselves into pretzels, burning time and money on mattress runs and other assorted points run, all for a spin on the roulette wheel of a potential upgrade on a metal tube.. At least your puzzling segment has picked the most honest option — chasing the lowest bar on the worst airline. The rest are doing basically the same thing, just with a more flattering story they tell themselves.
If I am reading your post correctly, what I am hearing you say is something along the lines of:

In 2011 (and earlier) the game was "Why would you spend all weekend flying on planes to visit SAN for 30 minutes to qualify for 1K status?"
15 years later the game is "Why would you spend all weekend painstakingly tracking SUBs, fees and credits across a menagerie of credit cards to ensure you're coming out ahead but still get free PreCheck and lounge access?"
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