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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;susanlynn9, post: 32635, member: 1258&quot;]I think Neuron&#039;s view is very insightful. I also would suggest speaking with some professionals about obsessive behavior. Although people who collect (doesn&#039;t have to be coins) all seem to have a special characteristic that makes them want to collect, I think that this is very different than what you are looking for. </p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting and hoarding are two different things. A paranoid individual may &quot;hoard&quot; canned food, water, etc. because they are convinced that a nuclear war is right around the corner. Or someone who grew up poor may hoard money and spend very miserly so that they feel that they will always have a cushion and never be poor again. This could seem perfectly sane on the surface until the savings reaches astronomical proportions and the individual is still wearing rags and living in a shack. Is it possible that the people who are hoarding FF miles feel that they need to be sure to have them &quot;just in case&quot; an emergency arises and they need to visit a sick friend, go to a funeral, etc.?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is very possible that there are individuals who feel that the airlines are still not safe and would rather hoard as many FF miles as they can get and then, when they are comfortable with flying again, they will never have to pay for another flight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless of how you look at it, I think you will get a clearer understanding by exploring the psyche of people in general, the various obsessive mental conditions (and there are a ton of them), the overall feeling people have about flying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck in your research. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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