Flight attendant sees me running towards boarding gate, looks at me, quickly ushers remaining passengers through and literally closes gate as I arrive. She smirks at me and tells me she can't let me through because I'm too late and tells me to buy another ticket. I took a flight the next day and ...

I've known people who work in the airline industry managing to get awesome benefits from ff programs just by knowing how to work the system. Quite funny some of the extraordinary lengths they go to but it goes to show that they have a monetary value since you have to spend to get the points in th...