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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:00 pm
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And there is another interesting thing, a very nice PA told me a couple of days ago: There indeed are HONs who really are complaing about those who are just doing a little more than 600.000. So the status mileage millionairs are feeling some kind of molested by those "poorists".
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:16 pm
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Originally Posted by SenAOI
And there is another interesting thing, a very nice PA told me a couple of days ago: There indeed are HONs who really are complaing about those who are just doing a little more than 600.000. So the status mileage millionairs are feeling some kind of molested by those "poorists".
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this is seriously silly! how many HONs are out there who are doing more than 500k+ per year? if some of those few are complaining that a "club" of 3000+ members is too large then please go and find an airline that offers a more exclusive program...
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:18 pm
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poorists...status miles are not everything.
I met two people today at lunch who do not have a single mile...but several billion Euro...
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:22 pm
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I bet most (95%) of the HON mileage millionaires (in 2 years) do not pay for their flights themselves!
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by SenAOI
Maybe it's an interestig figure which I've recently been told: Austrian has 312 HONs. About 30% of them are beetwenn 600 and 750 k miles.
Didn't get that one... So 70% of Austrian HONs are above the 750K mark??

Wow!
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by SenAOI
And there is another interesting thing, a very nice PA told me a couple of days ago: There indeed are HONs who really are complaing about those who are just doing a little more than 600.000. So the status mileage millionairs are feeling some kind of molested by those "poorists".
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Sounds like "jammern auf höchstem Niveau" (whining at the highest level).
I have had years where I had close to 600k status miles - pre HON era - but I can confirm that you can have a nice life without a HON card in your wallet.

I am now in excess of 4 million miles in various programs (LH,BA,BD) and would argue that the quality of life increases with every mile not flown ! (As nice as the FCT and other perks may be)
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:29 pm
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Originally Posted by sentom
this is seriously silly! how many HONs are out there who are doing more than 500k+ per year?
some non-HONs do more than 500k+ per year too
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by flamboyant 1
poorists...status miles are not everything.
I met two people today at lunch who do not have a single mile...but several billion Euro...
maybe not in the real world, but here they are everything! everything, i say!
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
some non-HONs do more than 500k+ per year too
i know that, but i ment how many HONs do actually more than 500k HON miles a year.
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:32 pm
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Originally Posted by flamboyant 1
I bet most (95%) of the HON mileage millionaires (in 2 years) do not pay for their flights themselves!
Does it really matter and for what reason?

Originally Posted by andre1970
Didn't get that one... So 70% of Austrian HONs are above the 750K mark??

Wow!
At least I'd interpret SenAOI's post this way.
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:34 pm
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Yes, I guess 70% of Austrian HONs (just above 200 people) are above the 750k mark. This is how I understood this too.
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by flamboyant 1
poorists...status miles are not everything.
I met two people today at lunch who do not have a single mile...but several billion Euro...
Who needs miles if you have your own private jet ?

Thinking about it, if I had a Gulstream V or something similar I would create my own FFP and award myself miles which I would then redeem myself on my jet to treat myself !
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:40 pm
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Originally Posted by SleepOverGreenland
Only F would mean only longhaul.
It would be the end of OS HONs. VIE HON services need to be dismantled asap. Cool.
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Rambuster
Thinking about it, if I had a Gulstream V or something similar I would create my own FFP and award myself miles which I would then redeem myself on my jet to treat myself !
Your mileage addiction is more severe than I thought!
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Old Sep 6, 2007, 2:46 pm
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Originally Posted by andre1970
Still it's so funny to see how self-serving are most of the arguments laid out here. ^
Especially from those who used to justify that LH F pax don't get the same level of service as HONs flying Y or C.

Good show, though!
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