Originally posted by snake:
I don't buy that 2-3K figure for Platinums, Continental has over 2,400 flights a day, if every Platinum was flying one flight a day (365 segments a year) there would be an average of around one Platinum on every flight.
DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING A CONTINENTAL AGENT TELLS YOU!
Snake, Amen!!! That goes back to the old maxim, "If you don't like what a CO agent tells you, call back and ask again!"
Seriously, I questioned in my mind that 2-3K number for Plats. When you see that a large majority of FlyerTalkers are Plats, and that it isn't unknown for as high as 15 Plats to show up on one flight, it's natural to questions such a low number of Plats. OTOH, I've been on many flights where there wasn't a single Plat!
Of course, you have to realize that Plats do a huge volume of flying on CO...that's why they're Plats...grin. And FlyerTalkers are not exactly a cross-section of average flyers. So, it stands to reason that the number of Plats on any given flight would far outweigh their total numbers!
But, as NJDavid notes, regardless of the exact numbers, Plats are nontheless a small percentage of total Elites, and thus the points I made are still valid!
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