Steven Rothstein is pissed. And he's suing, to the tune of $7 million. Back in the good old days when you could buy a "lifetime" first-class pass on American Airlines, Rothstein plunked down $250,000 for an all-access airline pass good for the rest of his natural life. At the time of purchase, in 1987, Rothstein was just 37, with a long life of first-class travel ahead of him. Two years later he anted up $160,000 for a companion pass and has since been taking advantage of first-class flights, membership to the Admirals Club, special reservations, and resultant mileage credits. But every lifetime must end, apparently.

Rothstein's lifetime passes have been revoked due to some dubious bookings wherein AA claims fraudulent behavior on Rothstein's part, which happens to be the only valid reason one can have such passes revoked. They say he was letting his friends get crazy with the free flights by way of making reservations for them, which is clearly against the rules. Rothstein is protesting and suing AA for $7 million -- what he calculates as the actual cost of paying for first-class flights for the rest of his remaining lifespan. American Airlines stopped selling the lifetime AAirpass in 2004, with the last one selling for a whopping $3 million.