In a thread today having a somewhat heated discussion about BOB programs, many posters were of the mind that one should simply qualify for the top elite levels and be able to UPG more and have the food and drink provided gratis.

Now this took me back a couple of weeks ago. I was at a party chatting with a friend of mine who is a President of a division for a large sporting goods label. He flies every quarter from NYC to Germany (in J) for corporate meetings and at least once every two months from NYC to LAX and NYC to MIA (in Y) and numerous other trips between. He was totally unaware that if he flew with one airline the perks that could be stowed upon him if he reaches top level elite (which he probably could). UPGs, lounge access, and priority treatment seemed to be unknown to him. Moreover, he did not seem to care about these things. To him flying was getting from Point A to Point B and nothing else. He would not know a 747 from a 737.

Now in this upg/benefits/perk obsessive forum, have other FTs met such FFs that are totally clueless to the system and don't really seem to care.