Just drawing a parallel here:
Assume you have flying car. All you do with that car is drive on road and have no intention to fly in it. Then ability to fly feature of the car is useless.
Similarly if thickness has no part to play in massage, then it is as useless as thick picture on the wall.
I haven't seen Eli in may be 3-4 years (gave up). Before that I was not frequent by any means, mostly driven by hope. So may be I haven't collected enough loyalty points to get any upgrades.