Mike,
I was only with T-dub for a couple of years, so I got no benefits to take with me, but enjoyed what I had when I was there. I was there in the mid-80s; there was a flight attendant strike shortly after I started, and I could have left reservations for that, but didn't want to live in STL or NYC, so I stayed in res. Was also there when Flight 847 was hijacked out of Greece. A few months later I was flying to Greece and the man I was sitting next to started talking to me about how he was supposed to have been on that flight, but had to change his plans a few days before. Of course, as a non-rev, I couldn't say anything!