I'm 22 and

BA Exec Club Silver
Virgin FlyingClub Silver
Hilton HHonors Gold
AMEX Platinum card holder

Not amazing, I know, but not bad for 18 months out of uni and definitley potential for the future (where's my black card post IPO this time next year...)

I've never really had trouble, often upgraded in hotels and on Virgin flights even before having status. However BA really p***ed me off the other day...

I fly sometimes once a week, more often 2/3 times a month to Europe in BA C class and even being based on their incredibly mean UK program I managed to get Silver within about 3 months of flying. I think their computer likes me as I always got a seat in the front 3 rows often with no-one next to me even on fairly full flights and once I checked in with a colleague who was flying M and without saying anthing they gave him a seat next to me in C. Anyway, so the computer likes me but it seems the CR staff dont... a day trip to Paris got off to a bad start when the 9oc flight from LHR developed an engine problem and a replacement couldn't be found until the afternoon... waste of time going then so I got off and changed to the next day... at the ticket desk the girl was really nice to me (could see the computer..) and when I asked if they could get me a car back into my office in London she seemed positive and told me to go to the CR desk and speak to the duty manager. I spoke to the girl at the mentioned desk who relayed it to him... now get this... he turned around, took one look at me (I look my age) and shook his head and told her to tell me "no". This guy was like 2 metres away and didn't even have the decency to speak to me. I was mad and gave the girl a piece of my mind but she said I'd have to speak to him, but he wasn't interested... busy dealing with other (much more senior looking) passengers...

I wasn't going to hang around any more but needless to say after wasting half my day and around £40 in travel expenses BA got a nasty letter... still waiting for a response!