First time posting here. I have been an unregistered lurker for years.......

I finally decided to join up and offer what little I know.

I am currently a United Elite, three years running, and I should hit Premier Executive for the first time this year.

I applied for a Northwest Worldperks Status match to Silver Elite by fax on July 12th and received a status match to Silver Elite on July 23rd.

"your Northwest WorldPerks account has been upgraded to Silver Elite status. This one-time complimentary membership upgrade will remain valid through the
2009 elite program year."

"In order to requalify for the 2010 program year, you must meet the
published minimum elite qualifying thresholds through December 31, 2009."

I was hoping to get the match a little sooner (I procrastinated in requesting it. It was actually pretty quick.) to use it for a possible upgrade on Delta. My spouse was on the same flight with Silver Elite and upgrade did not occur. Oh well.....

I will probably not re-qualify on NW this year, but I may put in for a status match by Delta late next year to Gold Elite for the 2011 program year. I am considering changing my travel from UA/US to DL. Just have not yet decided yet.

I hope to add more enlightened posts later. I do have some great anecdotes from the past, such as (Pan Am soon after Flight 103) $297 RT MSY to CDG, enough mileage points from flight and from scratch-off coupons ("Pan Am Circles the Globe" oor something to that effect.) for a free flight MSY to GVA and a "bonus" free flight MSY to SDQ. All this for $297 plus a little bit of postage for the scratch-off coupons. I joke about being the sole cause of the eventual bankruptcy of Pan Am.