I knew the day was coming when Qantas finally downgraded me from Platinum to Gold. When, I finally noticed that my “status” had taken a hit, I was strangely unmoved.
Nearly a million points. I discovered they will get me plus one to the other side of the world but were not enough to get me back again without shelling out serious cold hard cash on top. What’s the point with the points? What these work travel policies overlook is the sense of resentment from staff, who are made to feel second rate, and less valued.
What these work travel policies overlook is the sense of resentment from staff, who are made to feel second rate, and less valued. It continues at the destination where executive staff get to stay in fancier hotels than everybody else. These squares became the tokens, and were highly prized when they came “on the market” to feather the office nests of academics in the know. Corner offices, corner desks, being on a higher floor, the possibilities for a token economy to take hold are almost infinite.