'Million miler' or 2M status meant something different twenty years ago than now. Now it means the person is unable to use communication tech and instead subjects themselves to invasive screening at airports.

It was unavoidable for some people twenty years ago. Now it is a badge of stupid.

Agreed, I used to do that 15 years ago and I wouldn't do it again.

The most miserable part isn't even the flight itself - it's the hassle at the airports.

Indeed. I never got to 2x/week, but in the late 1980s I was traveling about seven days a month. I switched jobs, and for a while would see jets heading in to the local airport and think how grateful I was not be on them.