I was thumbing through a book on airline marketing the other day (Stephen Shaw, Airline Marketing and Management) and the author mentions that some air carriers have additional, "hidden" status tiers that are only distributed with approval of airline executive management. Does anybody here have any knowledge of what these are, and what they could possibly provide?

I can only speculate on amusing benefits such as being properly addressed by the sycophantic air carrier: "Ahhh, LEOPOLD, welcome back your highness."

- Just curious