The Best Place to find Young, Spendy Professionals
Some people will continue to fall in love in online chat rooms, others in bars and clubs, but I’m envisioning a Cambrian Explosion of relationships sparking up in credit card-sponsored airport lounges. Young, attractive people with their matching athletic clothes and their sleek carryon luggage. Add the joy of free drinks and you may as well have standardized prenup templates as placemats. And this isn’t to make fun of anyone. I know that once my husband and I begin to travel more, I will try to convince him that exclusive lounge access will make sense. But as I peruse promotional material, I can’t help but imagine airport lounge access as a starting point for becoming a less compassionate member of society. Both in terms of empathy as well as the propensity to give and to who specifically. I have no doubt that fancy credit card holders donate some of their money, but I imagine that they are donating to the institutions that they themselves frequent and directly enjoy. Think concert ha...
