It is worth it. Trust me.
I've got an Icelandair story for you. About 11 years ago, me and two other pilot friends decided to go up there on vacation. We called Icelandair operations in Reykjavik to inquire about jumpseating. They said that we could, but we still needed an ID-90 to do it. With ID-90s in hand, we headed to MCO to catch the weekly flight to KEF. After requesting the three jumpseats on the 757, we were informed that that particular captain would not take jumpseaters, but they would have an extra section the following night that shouldn't be a problem. We showed up on day two only to be informed that there were two Icelandair pilots jumpseating. Our helpful ticket agent offered to reroute us through London on British Airways and then back to KEF. We gladly agreed. After arriving in London on day three, we checked in for the Icelandair flight only to be informed that it was oversold and that they were going to place a revenue passenger in the sole cockpit jumpseat. We were shocked at this, but even more shocked at what happened next. There were a couple dozen standby passengers waiting to board. The captain walked out, looked over every passenger waiting there, and walked up to the hottest Icelandic girl and asked her if she wanted to ride up in the cockpit. Of course she agreed and we were left behind yet again in disbelief, although we really couldn't fault this captain, because we would have done the same thing given the opportunity. That gave a whole new meaning to PIC authority!
Finally on day four we made it to KEF. The one thing that kept us motivated for four days was seeing all these drop dead gorgeous Icelandic girls getting on all these flights that we weren't. It was well worth the trouble. If you ever have the chance, you need to go. You wouldn't believe it unless you've seen it for yourself. Like someone else said, they must eat all the ugly ones, because you can't find any.