It's purpose is not to provide superior value, but to enable those that wish to do so to shout "look at me, I've got more money than you
it was worth it just to have the smug feeling that some of these people had paid nearly 20 times the economy class fare to get to the same place at the same time on the same plane
I fly typically 8 sectors a year in F, paid for by me. I enjoy the privacy and the service and I usually manage to avoid people who make the sort of comments above.
