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5. My father had to fly several times a week on business. It was exhausting. This was a long time ago, he'd be 99

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:24 PM

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if still alive. There were no such things as miles then. And once my mom retired and became a snow bird in FLA, he had to fly there every weekend.

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US airlines are redesigning travel around their highest-paying passengers [View all] dalton99a Thursday OP

I am the same way Bluetus Thursday #3

Honestly, I don't have much of a problem with this forthemiddle Thursday #2

And for the poor and downtrodden flyers, there's the cargo bay option. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #6

Huh - I fly all over the world in cattle class GenThePerservering Thursday #8

If the demand Manatee Thursday #9