flysurfer you are my favourite nemesis - an oponent of style and
importance!
Originally Posted by flysurfer
I've never had any AMBITION to reach any kind of "status" with an airline..
It just happened much like babies happen. No one really knows how but
we all have our suspicons.
But you are right originally, these programs do not sound seductive. I became
FTL and Premier by mistake in the nineties and then the addiction was triggered.
..incorporating the (monetary and personal) value I assign to perks like miles, upgrades, lounges, SWUs, award flights and so on. If I think it's a good deal, I'll go for it. If not, bye-bye.
Originally this is how we start - but due the considerable inertia loyality
pograms bring, one cannot plan these things so well.
Maybe your emphasis was that the overall service of a carrier is more important
to you than its FFP.
[no companios for SENs]
Quite unlikely, as the companion access is a reciprocal *G perk throughout *A.
I hope that this will not imply that SENs will no longer be *G then
.
However, FTL/BUS lounges may eventually become LH's *G lounges. Personally, I wouldn't mind.
You don't mind the dry crackers in the Bus lounges or you don't mind that
the non-SEN *G folks have to enjoy them
?
[Dr. Weero and Mr. Hyde?
]
Good one.
Btw, I find it suboptimal to own plain LH shares. My investment in LH is constructed in a way that I'm making good money when the stock goes up, goes down or doesn't move at all - all within a carefully chosen stock price band which makes it highly unlikely for me to lose money.
Nah - I prefer plain stocks. Derivatives if secured in straddles or bands,
minus their (admittedly small) risks become interest products rather than
capital gain products (direct consequence from the Black-Scholes differential
equation) and hence are not gambly enough
.
My last LH investment was in April 2005, and it's already up more than 25%.
Are you extrpolating a universal monetary law from a singular incident?
[dropping M&L]
Yeah, right. Like that's ever gonna happen. I mean, even YOU aren't capable of divorcing LH.
Not yet. But I am working on it.
And I made grand progress. By giving away awards to friends and gf, I
overcame the magical threshold and allowed my M&L account to sink below
1M miles
Once I will have confidence that UA is going to survive I shall allow this to
go even further.