I am not the most frequent traveler, but I travel more than you. Unless of course you are the most frequent traveler. Then I am a mere occasional day tripper. Lets see how the stats measure up.
Its October 13th 2018, I've been on sixty two flights this year. I flew five times in the last week alone. How do you stack up?
By this point I am so senior in status that I am the guy you see sipping on a mimosa in of the first few rows while you trundle past me to steerage class.
Normally I am an egalitarian fellow, but not when it comes to travel. I travel a lot, too much in fact.
Occasional travelers don't travel enough. They still have expectations of fairness and value for money. They haven't yet suppressed the logic that tells you everything about air travel is ridiculous. There is no democracy in air travel. Its a dictatorship and being looked upon favorably by the dictator is the only way to be if you want any sort of comfort.
A caste system exists to keep me from you. If I am left in your ranks I may begin to resent the dictatorship like you do. Resent it in the way we all should. I'm not falling for that. I have to fly for a living and I can't do it hobnobbing with the proletariat crammed into a small seat. I am a diamond member of the ruling class. Instead of being told to check my carry one at the door, I am treated like a baby; literally. I am infantilized in a flying high chair and brought snacks and drinks.
I would much prefer the old days of regulatory rule where airlines competed for everyone patronage by offering value for the money. Now airlines compete with each other to see how much they can charge for a carry on bag. If United ups the fee for carry one to $30, Delta has to as well or share holders won't get the growth they so richly deserve. Sadly those days are never coming back, so for as long as I am able to I will strive to be in the top of the caste system or risk loosing my marbles at 35,000 feet.
Its October 13th 2018, I've been on sixty two flights this year. I flew five times in the last week alone. How do you stack up?
By this point I am so senior in status that I am the guy you see sipping on a mimosa in of the first few rows while you trundle past me to steerage class.
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Occasional travelers don't travel enough. They still have expectations of fairness and value for money. They haven't yet suppressed the logic that tells you everything about air travel is ridiculous. There is no democracy in air travel. Its a dictatorship and being looked upon favorably by the dictator is the only way to be if you want any sort of comfort.
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| Thank You for Being Diamond Mr. Caffrey. |
I would much prefer the old days of regulatory rule where airlines competed for everyone patronage by offering value for the money. Now airlines compete with each other to see how much they can charge for a carry on bag. If United ups the fee for carry one to $30, Delta has to as well or share holders won't get the growth they so richly deserve. Sadly those days are never coming back, so for as long as I am able to I will strive to be in the top of the caste system or risk loosing my marbles at 35,000 feet.
