# commercial air travel and "the class war"

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-air-travel-and-the-class-war/753897 "2016-05-04T15:28:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-air-travel-and-the-class-war/753897/52 "2016-05-06T11:39:18Z")

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> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#):
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> But I think it’s reaching the point where if you don’t belong to some damn loyalty program you’re basically screwed.

That’s exactly how they want you to feel. Recently I have read several articles saying that airlines are intentionally making everything ad miserable as possible to motivate you to pay for comforts and services that were once free.

And it works—

> [@Must people allow others to break the law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-people-allow-others-to-break-the-law/99661/23):
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> If I’m doing my semi-annual overnight flight to London, I’ll pay a little more for what Virgin calls Premium Economy.

— pretty well

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