There was a time, untill the late nineties, when Mrs max and I had flown more times in biz than economy. Always seemed to be with United, to Chicago. We started to make a point of making sure we didn't need to be home on a certain date. Pretty generous too, airport hotel for the night and free meal, upgrade to biz the next day, plus vouchers off of the next united flight.
Yes I am now in their FF program !
The best one I have seen.
Overbooked flight to Chicago, on United, looking for one pax, so that counts me and Mrs max out. Guy sticks his hand up, they put him on a BA flight leaving after ours, Club World.
We get to chicago, who's taxiing in front of us, yep.
