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You could buy a first class ticket and hold on to it for a year, then use the lounges whenever you actually do travel.

It doesn't look like this is possible in the US though. I don't see an airline that offers their lounge just for having a first class ticket. Alaska even requires a ticket for the day you're there.

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Most US airlines don't offer lounge access for domestic first class tickets, but they generally do for international business/first. And sometimes for "premium" transcontinental routes (like JFK-SFO).

Then again, the food in US airline lounges leaves a lot to be desired. The free meal would probably just be cheese and crackers and carrot sticks...

Very true, I can't imagine going thru the effort to do this to get some pre-packaged cheese and Bud Light.

Probably better to just hang out in a hotel lobby which has the same amenities and less hassles.

In the article it says he rescheduled his ticket more than 300 times so he might have just always moved it a day or two and basically flew every day... ;)

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