US Airways is giving the survivors of flight 1549 (which crashed
without fatalities in the Hudson River last month) free one-year
super-elite status, with all the perks that entails -- lounge
privileges, upgrades, etc. Consumerist doesn't think
much of this (and neither do many of the passengers),
but I actually think it's a pretty nice perk (though it
shouldn't be the only one, and surely it should be lifetime,
if not hereditary).

From Cory Dotorow on Boing Boing