I primarily travel for leisure. I had been fairly loyal to NW and finally managed to achieve Silver in 2000 (with the help of FT). CO offered comp silver status and I took them up on it. After a year of dual silver with CO & NW (not especially helpful), I opted to stick w/CO, in part due to my frustration with DTW pre-McNamara. I achieved Gold last year and will again this year, albeit with more miles on NW metal. Being a cheap leisure traveler, with only occasional business trips, and no longer valued by CO, I'm headed back to NW for 2004.