<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Guy Betsy:
Why should an airline comp you simply because you 'intend' to fly with them? Then you get the benefits that the rest of us has to earn hard to maintain status?
The reason the AA came up with challenges is for you to prove to them that your intentions of flying with AA is true and that once flown at least 10K points, you'd get the recognition you deserve. By flying with them.
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this seems like silly reasoning to me. as a customer who is considering switching products, why would i want to go without the benefits i'm now receiving for even one flight? if AA thinks i will sacrifice my double miles and boarding priority even once while i 'prove' to them my worthiness for a comp, they're crazy (and have poor business sense). if i get the comp and don't do any flying, i will then (appropriately) lose the status.