my addiction is even more a (top-tier- and the perks that come with it, than a simple miles-adding-) addiction.

No shame - every one of our Wengen guests (about 50/year) reads with amusement (sometimes astonishments) the trip reports of my visiting Frequent Flier friends (they are all in our guest-book) - and the whole Martel-clan (wife, children, children's boyfriends, brothers and their wives, my father, my mother-in-law) profit from free tickes and upgrades ... and my local LH-angel just loves my addiction too - even when she did plan together with me and issue multiple segments rtw-tickets ...