Originally Posted by
vendsit
It was an offer that I got in the late 90s or early 2000s, possibly because I flew out of Orlando to Atlanta a lot, not sure. Frankly, I can't remember that far back.
I used that, too. I'm recalling it as 2003, but maybe later. (I matched from AA.) There was a formal communication from AirTran rescinding the lifetime status and a new card sent to me.
Originally Posted by
saneman
A lifetime elite? Why would any airline offer that unless you bought one of those lifetime deals one of the airlines offered?
Why? To get people who had demonstrated frequent flying on another carrier to try AirTran, rather than just lowering prices for everyone to attract new customers. At some point they figured they didn't need it (or at least to keep offering elite benefits) and yet by then everybody was in their promo database...