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Hotels? none. It was always comp'd by the host org. Miles? Ultimately not that many -- or not enough to be of long term value. It was enough to get high enough
by goostavos 8y ago
Hotels? none. It was always comp'd by the host org.
Miles? Ultimately not that many -- or not enough to be of long term value. It was enough to get high enough in the status tiers for reliable upgrades, but for the most part, a few ad-hoc spontaneous flights and that giant bank of miles you built up over the years evaporates over night.
It's a weird carrot on the stick that you kind of fall into. To ensure status, I would take purposefully crappy flights just to rack up the miles.
Looking back it was a silly thing to chase and a really stupid use of time.
- klank 8y agoI had a couple year stint where my job involved me flying 1-2 times a month. Not crazy compared to the road warriors but a decent amount of flying (almost all the flights were from one coast to the other so always long). After going through that, and playing the airmiles game, airline miles seem to only exist to trigger human emotions around the fear of losing out and the same kind of dopamine dependency that's exploited by grindy video games and gambling. You need 5million experience to level up, and dammit, it feels so good when it rolls over.
- m463 8y agoI think of the movie "Up In The Air" with George Clooney.