Originally Posted by
Spiff
Your time and money are yours to spend as you see fit.
If someone has a problem with your legal activities, I suggest you let them know where they can go and what they can do to themselves. Nothing less.
couldn't have said it any better ^. (and on occasion, you will get a customs/immigration/airline/security person who will give you a "oh, you're one of those, huh?" with a smile.) let 'em eat cake and fly (er, m/r) your brains out

(and if you're like me and a few other f/t'ers/mileage runners, you might just end up on televison

)